Engineered antigen presenting cells and uses thereof

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to engineered extra-cellular vesicle internalizing receptors that have the ability to enhance uptake, processing, and presentation to T-cells of tumor-associated antigens by an antigen-presenting cell. It further relates to vectors or antigen presenting cells expressing said receptors, composition and uses thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of a cancer.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a vaccine comprising cells expressingextra-cellular vesicle internalizing receptors and their use in theimmunotherapy for prevention and/or treatment of cancers.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Immunotherapy is gaining increasing importance for the treatment andprevention of various human diseases including infections, inflammatoryand degenerative conditions, and cancers.

In cancer, immunotherapy includes stimulating the patient's own immunesystem to attack cancer cells or other cellular components of the tumor(Waldmann et al., 2003, Nat Med, 9: 269-277; Miller et al., 2015, CancerCell, 27(4):439-49). The main types of immunotherapy now being used totreat cancer include use of monoclonal antibodies, immune checkpointinhibitors, and cancer vaccines (Miller et al., 2015, supra).

In cancer-related applications, immunotherapy is based on the assumptionthat cancer cells express on their surface molecules that are notexpressed (or are expressed at lower levels) by normal cells and thatcan be detected by the immune system. These molecules are known ascancer antigens and are often proteins (normal or mutated) or othermacromolecules such as carbohydrates and lipids. In the last decade, anincreasing number of molecules derived from the processing of tumorproteins have been identified and classified as tumor-associatedantigens (TAAs). So-called active immunotherapy is used to engage theimmune system into attacking the tumor cells by targeting TAAs. TAAs canbe recognized by different cell types including CD8+ cytotoxic Tlymphocytes (CTLs). After cancer-cell recognition by CTLs, these cansubsequently engage in eliminating cancer cells.

One of the main goals of current research on immunotherapy approaches isto elicit or enhance cancer-specific CTLs by vaccinating the patientagainst potential or known TAAs.

Approaches developed and transferred to clinical trials include adoptiveimmunotherapy with ex vivo TAA-loaded antigen presenting cells (APCs),hereon referred to as APC-TAA.

Indeed, the generation of potent and persisting anti-tumor immunityrequires the presentation of TAAs by professional APCs, such asdendritic cells (DCs), to the CTLs (Palucka et al, 2012, Nat Rev Cancer,12(4):265-77). DCs are generated ex vivo by culturing hematopoieticprogenitors or monocytes, obtained from the patient, with specificcytokine/growth factor combinations. Once generated, the DCs are exposedto total tumor lysates or specific TAAs ex vivo, before reinfusion ofthe APC-TAA in the patient. During the past decade, preclinical studiesin mice and several clinical trials have shown the safety of theprocedure, its ability to induce the expansion of circulating CD⁴⁺ Tcells and CD⁸⁺ T cells that are specific for tumor antigens, andobjective clinical responses in some patients (Palucka et al., 2012,supra).

Currently, only one APC-TAA vaccine, Sipuleucel-T (Provenge®), isapproved in the US to treat advanced prostate cancer that is no longerbeing helped by hormone therapy (Gardner et al., 2012, Hum VaccinImmunother, 8(4): 534-9). This example demonstrates the feasibility ofactive immunization for the treatment of established cancer.

However, the use of ex vivo cultured APC-TAA is typicallylabour-intensive (the APCs need to be isolated, manipulated ex vivo, andthen re-infused), expensive, and is generally not individualized to eachpatient (Kastenmueller et al., 2014, Nat Rev Immunol., 14(10):705-11).

An alternative vaccination approach consists of targeting a selected TAAto APCs in vivo, without ex vivo manipulation (Palucka et al., 2012,supra; Kastenmueller et al., 2014, supra).

This can be achieved by several means, e.g., by using chimeric proteinsthat are comprised of an antibody, specific for an APC receptor (e.g.CD205, CLEC9A, CD11c), that is also fused to a selected TAA. Thechimeric protein can target APCs and promote TAA internalization,processing, and presentation by the APC to the T cells. However, theseapproaches are not very efficient and only one TAA can be delivered.Furthermore, the induction of CTLs by the targeted APCs also requiresthe provision of DC maturation and/or activation signals, as the absencethereof can induce antigen-specific tolerance (Kastenmueller et al.,2014, supra).

In one approach, DCs were exposed ex vivo to cancer cell lysates orextracellular vesicles (EVs) and then inoculated back into the subjectto activate antigen-specific T cells and induce anti-tumor immuneresponses (Gu et al., 2015, Intern Journal of Cancer, 136, E74-84).

Another approach used monocytes/macrophages engineered to express ananti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), orDCs engineered to express an anti-HER2 (human epidermal growth factorreceptor 2) CAR to directly target and lyse cancer cells in vitro and invivo (Biglari et al., 2006, Gene therapy, 13: 602-610; Wei et al., 2008,Cancer research, 68: 3854-62). In a different type of approach, CTLs ornatural killer (NK) cells were engineered to express a CAR designedagainst a specific TAA. The CAR-engineered T or NK cells then recognizedcancer cells that expressed the specific antigen and killed them (Ahmedet al., 2015, Journal of clinical oncology, 33, 1688-1696; Schonfeld etal., 2015, Molecular therapy, 23, 330-338). However, the efficacy of theaforementioned approaches is limited by the ability of the engineeredcells to traffic to solid tumors once re-infused.

Therefore, there is still a need for developing anti-tumor vaccines ableto induce strong and broad T-cell responses that are specific formultiple known and unknown TAAs on a personalized manner, but at thesame time applicable to a broad range of patients.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention is based on the design of new Extra-cellular VesicleInternalizing Receptors (EVIRs) directed against a surface moleculeexpressed by cancer cells, and the genetic engineering of APCs such asmonocytes, macrophages, DCs, or B cells, in order to stably expressthose new EVIRs. The invention is further based on the observation thatAPCs engineered to express an EVIR of the present invention efficientlytake and/or internalize extra-cellular vesicles (EVs), comprising anycancer-cell derived particles or membranes, that are derived fromsurface molecule-positive cancer cells but not surface molecule-negativecells, independent of cell contact. It was further observed that EVsuptake by the EVIR-expressing APCs advantageously enhances thepresentation of TAAs that are unrelated to the selected surface moleculebut are related to the cancer cell of origin, and promotes the expansionof TAA-specific T cells, thereby offering a promising tool for cancertreatment or diagnosis.

One aspect of the invention relates to a recombinant EVIR directedagainst at least one cancer-cell surface molecule.

Another aspect of the invention relates to an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention.

In another aspect, the invention provides a recombinant vectorcomprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding an EVIR according to theinvention.

Another aspect of the invention relates to an isolated cell expressingat least one EVIR of the invention, in particular an APC andcompositions thereof.

Another aspect of the invention provides an ex vivo method (i.e., inculture) of inducing expression of at least one EVIR of the invention inan APC or a stem/progenitor cell thereof comprising the steps of:

-   -   (i) ex vivo transducing said cell with a vector according to the        invention; and    -   (ii) optionally inducing APC differentiation, maturation or        activation.

Another aspect of the invention provides an ex vivo method of preparingEVIR-expressing, TAAs-presenting cells, comprising the steps of:

-   -   (i) providing at least one cancer cell or at least one cancer        cell-derived EV obtained from a cancer subject;    -   (ii) providing an EVIR-expressing cell of the invention;    -   (iii) contacting, ex vivo, an EVIR-expressing cell provided        under (ii) with said at least one cancer cell or EV provided        under (i);    -   (iv) collecting cells obtained in step (iii);

wherein cells obtained under (iv) have an enhanced ability to presentTAAs from said cancer subject as compared to a cell not expressing anEVIR and treated as in (iii), once administered to said subject.

Another aspect of the invention relates to an isolated EVIR-expressingcell, or an EVIR-expressing TAAs-presenting cell obtainable by a methodaccording to the invention.

Another aspect of the invention relates to an EVIR-expressing cell, anEVIR-expressing TAAs-presenting cell or a recombinant vector accordingto the invention for use as a medicament.

Another aspect of the invention provides a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising cells of the invention or at least one recombinant vectoraccording to the invention and at least one pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier, diluent or excipient thereof.

Another aspect of the invention relates to an EVIR-expressing cell, anEVIR-expressing TAAs-presenting cell or a recombinant vector accordingto the invention for use in the prevention and/or treatment of a cancer.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a use of an isolatedEVIR-expressing cell or an isolated EVIR-expressing TAAs-presenting cellfor the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the preventionand/or treatment of a cancer.

Another aspect of the invention provides a vaccine compositioncomprising an EVIR-expressing cell or an EVIR-expressing TAAs-presentingcell according to the invention.

Another aspect of the invention provides an ex vivo method ofidentifying new TAAs from a cancer subject comprising the steps of:

-   -   (i) providing EVIR-expressing APCs obtained from said subject        which had been administered a vector encoding an EVIR according        to the invention under suitable conditions for inducing        transduction of the subject's APCs or stem/progenitor cell        thereof or EVIR-expressing cells according to the invention; or    -   (ii) providing EVIR-expressing APCs wherein EVIR-expressing APCs        has been contacted ex vivo with at least one cancer cell or at        least one cancer cell-derived EV obtained from a cancer subject;        and    -   (iii) identifying the peptides loaded on MHCI or MHCII molecules        in the cells provided under (i) or (ii), wherein said peptides        comprise new TAAs.

Another aspect of the invention provides an ex vivo method ofidentifying new T-cell receptors (TCRs) from a cancer subject comprisingthe steps of:

-   -   (i) providing T cells that have been isolated from a tumor from        a subject that has been administered a vector encoding an EVIR        according to the invention under suitable conditions for        inducing transduction of the subject's APCs or stem/progenitor        cell thereof or EVIR-expressing cells according to the        invention; or    -   (ii) providing isolated T cells from a cancer subject that have        been contacted ex vivo with EVIR-expressing, TAA presenting APCs        obtained by a method of the invention wherein EVIR-expressing,        TAA presenting APCs present TAAs of the same cancer subject; and    -   (iii) sequencing T cells receptors (TCRs) from isolated T cells        provided in step (i) or (ii).

Another aspect of the invention provides a method of inducing in vivothe expression of at least one EVIR of the invention in an APC or astem/progenitor cell thereof in a subject in need thereof, said methodcomprising the steps of:

-   -   (i) administering a vector encoding an EVIR according to the        invention to said subject under suitable conditions for inducing        transduction of the subject's APCs or stem/progenitor cell        thereof in vivo with said vector; and    -   (ii) optionally inducing APC differentiation, maturation or        activation in vivo.

Another aspect of the invention provides a method of preventing and/ortreating a cancer comprising administering an effective amount ofEVIR-expressing cells or at least one recombinant vector according tothe invention in a subject in need thereof.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of preventing and/ortreating a cancer comprising administering an effective amount ofEVIR-expressing, TAA-presenting cells in a subject in need thereof.

Another aspect of the invention provides a kit for carrying out methodsaccording to the invention comprising at least one EVIR, or at least onerecombinant expression vector, or at least one EVIR-expressing cellaccording to the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Statistical p values were calculated in Prism (GraphPad Software) andare indicated in the figures as follows. * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

FIG. 1. EVIR-expressing LV. Schematic representation of thebidirectional proviral LV used to simultaneously express arepresentative EVIR (e.g., anti-HER2) and a second gene, in this case,Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP).

FIG. 2. Expression of EVIRs after cell transduction. Anti-HER2 EVIR-Nexpression measured as the percentage of F(ab′)2-positive cells(mean±SEM, n=5) analyzed by flow cytometry (anti-F(ab′)2 staining) in293T, P388D1 and iBMMs, either untransduced (UT; F(ab′)2-positive cellsare undetectable, and signal from P388D1 cells represents noise) ortransduced with control or EVIR-N LVs (design described in Example 1).

FIG. 3. Expression of EVIRs with different signal domains after celltransduction. A: Anti-HER2 EVIR expression measured as the percentage ofF(ab′)2-positive cells (mean±SEM, n=5) analysed by flow cytometry(anti-F(ab′)2 staining) in P388D1 and iBMMs. B: Representative images ofimmunofluorescence analysis of iBMMs transduced with control, EVIR-N,EVIR-T or EVIR-G LVs, stained with anti-F(ab′)₂ antibody, as describedin Example 2.

FIG. 4. Persistence of EVIR-expressing cells. Data show the percentageof GFP-positive cells (A: iBMMs, B: P388D1) over a period of 36 daysfrom transduction with control or anti-HER2 EVIR LVs, measured by flowcytometry as described in Example 2.

FIG. 5. Co-culture assays. A: Percentage (mean±SEM, n=3) of mCherry⁺,GFP⁺, GFP⁺mTq⁺ or mCherry⁺mTq⁺ iBMMs within total iBMMs (indicated as100%), measured by flow cytometry analysis of co-cultures of HER2⁺ orHER2⁻ (untransduced, UT) mTq+ MC38 cells. iBMMs were either transduced(EVIR) or not (control) with the anti-HER2 EVIR-expressing LVs, asdescribed in Example 3. mCherry+mTq+ and GFP+mTq+ indicate eventspositive for mCherry and mTq, or GFP and mTq, which represent iBMMsbinding to MC38 cells. B: Percentage (mean±SEM, n=3) of binding eventsbetween EVIR-N or Control-transduced P388D1 cells and HER2-transduced orUT mCherry+ MC38 cells, at different ratios (10:1, 1:1 or 1:10).

FIG. 6. EV uptake by anti-HER2 EVIRs. A: Representative histogram offlow cytometry analysis of EVs derived from HER2⁺ MC38 cells stainedwith an anti-HER2 antibody, as described in Example 4. B: Flow cytometryanalysis of mCherry expression in anti-HER2 EVIR-N⁺ iBMMs untreated ortreated with EVs isolated from HER2⁺ or HER2⁻ (UT) mCherry+ MC38 cells(median fluorescence intensity, MFI; mean±SEM, n=2). Statisticalanalysis by one-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparison test. C: Timecourse analysis of the MFI of mCherry in iBMMs expressing an anti-HER2EVIR and treated with HER2⁺/mCherry⁺ MC38-derived EVs (1) or EVsisolated from HER2⁻/mCherry+ MC38 cells (2); p<0.001, by two-way ANOVAstatistical analysis; D: Immunofluorescence imaging of anti-HER2 EVIR-N⁺iBMMs treated with EVs isolated from HER2⁺/mCherry⁺ MC38 cells. E:mCherry MFI of BMDCs, either expressing a control EVIR (Control⁺ BMDCs)or an anti-HER2 EVIR (EVIR-N⁺ BMDCs), untreated or treated with EVs fromHER2+/mCherry+ or HER2⁻/mCherry+ (indicated as mCherry+) MC38 cells.Statistical analysis by two-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisontest. F: Flow cytometry analysis of mCherry fluorescence in anti-HER2EVIR-N⁻ or Control EVIR⁺ BMDCs treated with increasing concentrations ofEVs isolated from HER2⁻ mCherry+ MC38 cells (mean±SEM, n=3).

FIG. 7. EVIRs with different intracellular signaling domains. Cytometryanalysis of mCherry MFI (mean±SEM, n=2) of anti-HER2 EVIR-transducediBMMs untreated or treated with EVs isolated from HER2+ or HER2⁻ (UT)mCherry+ MC38 cells as described in Example 4. Statistical analysis bytwo-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparison test.

FIG. 8. T cell proliferation assays as described in Example 5. A₁:percentage of proliferating OT-I T cells labeled with cell tracer tomeasure the number of proliferation cycles (“peaks” in A₂₋₃), afterculture with BMDCs either expressing a control EVIR (control⁺) or ananti-HER2 EVIR-N (EVIR-N⁺), in the presence of EVs isolated fromHER2⁺OVA⁺ MC38 cells. The percentage of proliferating T cells wasobtained by analyzing each “peak” (1-6) in Figures A₂₋₃, wherein eachpeak is indicative of one cell division. B₁: percentage of proliferatingOT-I T cells labeled with cell tracer and cultured with BMDCs eitherexpressing a control EVIR (control⁺) or an anti-HER2 EVIR-N (EVIR-N⁻),pre-treated for 24 h with EVs isolated from HER2⁺OVA⁺ MC38 cells (A₁-B₁:two-way ANOVA statistical analysis with Sidak post-test correction formultiple comparisons (mean±SEM, n=3). A₂₋₃: representative histogramsshowing T cell proliferation cycles after culture with control+ (A₂) oranti-HER2 EVIR-N+ (A₃) BMDCs together with EVs; B₂₋₃: representativehistograms showing T cell proliferation cycles after culture withcontrol+ (B₂) or anti-HER2 EVIR-N+ (B₃) BMDCs pre-treated with EVs;Statistical analysis in A₁ and B₁ by two-way ANOVA with Sidak's multiplecomparison test. C₁₋₃: representative histograms showing T cellproliferation after their exposure to HER2⁺OVA⁺ EVs (C₁), control+ BMDCs(C₂) or anti-HER2 EVIR-N+ BMDMs (C₃) without EVs. D: Proliferation ofCD8⁺ OT-I T cells labeled with cell tracer after culture with BMDCseither expressing a control or an anti-HER2 EVIR-N, and treated withincreasing concentrations of EVs isolated from HER2⁻ OVA⁺ MC38 cells.Data-points indicate 3 independent biological replicates.

FIG. 9. EVIRs directed against two distinct melanoma-specific surfaceantigens, DG2 and TYRP1 as described in Example 6. A: mCherry MFI ofControl⁺ or EVIR-N2⁺ iBMMs (mean±SEM, n=3) untreated or treated with EVsfrom GD2⁺/mCherry⁺ or GD2⁻/mCherry⁺ MC38 cells. B: MFI of CellTracker™Blue in Control⁺ or EVIR-N1 iBMMs (mean±SEM, n=3) untreated or treatedwith EVs isolated from TYRP1⁺ or TYRP1⁻ B16 melanoma cells. Statisticalanalysis by two-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparison test. C:Number of proliferating CD8⁺ OT-I T cells labeled with cell tracer afterculture with BMDCs either expressing a Control or an EVIR-N1 and treatedwith EVs isolated from TYRP1⁺ OVA⁺ B16 melanoma cells (mean±SEM, n=3).Statistical analysis by Student's t test.

FIG. 10. Transduction by bidirectional LVs of EVIRs together with afactor favoring APC differentiation, activation, and presentation,and/or T-cell recruitment as described in Example 7. A: mCherry uptakeof EVs isolated from HER2⁺ or HER2⁻ mCherry⁺ MC38 cells by EVIR⁺ BMDCsafter cell transduction with LVs encoding a Control EVIR alone, anEVIR-N alone, or a bidirectional LV encoding both the EVIR-N and one ofthe indicated proteins (CXCL9, CSF2, IFNγ, CD40, LIN28). Data representthe mean of 3 transduction replicates per EVIR (biological replicates;mean±SEM, n=3). Statistical analysis by one-way ANOVA with Tukey'smultiple comparison test. B: Expression of EVIR⁻ in BMDCs aftertransduction of cells with LVs encoding a Control EVIR alone, an EVIR-Nalone, or EVIR-N along with one of the indicated proteins (CXCL9, CSF2,IFNγ, CD40, LIN28). Data represent technical replicate (mean±SEM, n=3).C-D: Expression of CCR7 (C) or CD86 (D) in BMDCs (mean±SEM, n=3)transduced with Control EVIR alone, EVIR-N alone, or EVIR-N with LIN28.Data represent the mean of 3 transduction replicates per EVIR(biological replicates; mean±SEM, n=3). Statistical analysis by one-wayANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparison test.

FIG. 11. T-cell proliferation assays as described in Example 11. A₁₋₂:Data show flow cytometry analysis of the indicated MC38 cells in whichthe B2M gene was either intact (A₁) or disrupted by CRISPR transduction(A₂). B: Data show flow cytometry analysis of CD8⁺ OT-I T cells labeledwith cell tracer after culture with BMDCs isolated from MHCI-deficientB2M⁻ mice and expressing either a Control EVIR or EVIR-N. Cultures weretreated with EVs isolated from either B2M-proficient (B2M⁺) or deficient(B2M⁻) HER2⁺ OVA⁺ MC38 cancer cells.

FIG. 12. Tumor vaccination study as described in Example 12. HER2⁺ MC38tumor growth in syngeneic mice injected subcutaneously with PBS (no DCs;n=4) or vaccinated with either DCs expressing a Control EVIR (CTRL DCs;n=7) or an anti-HER2 EVIR (EVIR-DCs; n=9) at day 7 and 14 post-MC38tumor injection.

FIG 13. The illustration represents schematically and generically someexamples of constructs for the EVIR of the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain specific for a membrane-associatedmolecule of a cancer cell (1) such as a scFv (11), a proteinic domain(2) comprising at least one transmembrane domain (3) and at least oneintracellular domain (4). The proteinic domain may comprise a hingedomain (21) connecting the transmembrane domain (3) to the extracellularantibody domain (1). The proteinic domain (2) can be varied to eithercomprise one transmembrane domain (3) and one intracellular domain (4)such as the example represented on the left and the middle or more thanone of each, wherein the transmembrane domains (3) are linked togetheron the extracellular side by extracellular non-hinge domains (32) and bythe more than one intracellular domains (4) on the intracellular side,as in the example represented on the right. Further, the EVIR comprisesa cell membrane export domain (5) linked to the extracellular antibodydomain (1). The intracellular domain (4) may also comprise a signallingsequence (41). The specific names of the constructs of the invention areindicating under which type of constructs of the invention those arefalling.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The term “antibody” as referred to herein designates a polypeptide thatbinds to an antigen.

This includes whole antibodies and any antigen binding fragments. Theterm “antibody” is used in its broadest sense and includes monoclonalantibodies, polyclonal antibodies, human antibodies, humanizedantibodies, chimeric antibodies and the like as long as thecharacteristic properties of the invention are retained, in particularthe ability of binding to the target antigen, more specifically to themembrane-associated molecules of cancer cells.

Examples of antibodies and fragments thereof include a variable domainfragment (“Fv”, consisting of the VH and VL domains of a single arm ofan antibody), Fab fragment (monovalent fragment consisting of the VH,VL, CH1 and CL domains), Fab2 fragment (bivalent), Fab3 fragment(trivalent), Fab′ fragment (Fab with hinge region), F(ab′)2 fragment(bivalent fragment including two Fab fragments linked by a disulfidebridge at the hinge region), Fd fragment (consisting of the VH and CH1domains), rIgG (reduced IgG or half-IgG), diabodies, triabodies,tetrabodies, minibodies, monovalent antibodies, divalent or multivalentantibodies comprising a fragment of more than one antibody, single chainvariable fragment (ScFv), bis-scFv (bispecific), and derivatives ofantibodies such as disulfide stabilized Fv fragments, CDR-comprisingpeptides, as well as epitope-binding fragments of any of the above(Holliger et al., 2005, Nature Biotechnology, 23(9): 1126-1136).

The term “a membrane-associated molecule” or “surface molecule” as usedherein refers to any molecule that is physically embedded in the lipidbilayer or bound or anchored to a cell membrane permanently ortransiently under specific conditions. The molecule may be associatedwith any membrane of the cancer cell, including the plasma membrane orintracellular membranes. These molecules could perform a variety offunctions and belong to different functional groups including, but notlimited to glycoproteins, membrane receptor proteins, transportproteins, membrane enzymes, cell adhesion molecules, and their mutatedforms. These molecules can be expressed either on the cancer cell'splasma membrane or any membrane associated with cancer-cell derivedparticles, such as extra-cellular vesicles (EVs).

The term includes known and unknown cancer cell membrane-associatedmolecules.

Examples of membrane-associated molecules include, but are not limitedto, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), tyrosinase-relatedprotein-1 (TYRP1), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), mesothelin, PMEL(gp100), gangliosides (GD2, GD3), and mucins.

The term “extra-cellular vesicle internalizing receptor” or “EVIR”refers to a recombinant receptor directed against a surface moleculeexpressed by a cancer cell or any cancer-cell derived particle/vesicle.An EVIR according to the invention comprises the following elements thatare referred to as “an extracellular antibody domain”, “proteinicdomain” and optionally “a domain to increase EVIR export to the cellularmembrane”.

The term “extracellular antibody domain” refers to any antibody domainwith specificity for any membrane-associated molecule expressed by acancer cell or cancer-cell derived particle/vesicle. Examples ofantibody domains according the invention include, but are not limitedto: (i) anti-HER2 scFv, such as CHA21 (Zhou et al., 2011, The Journal ofBiological Chemistry, 286: 31676-31683), a trastuzumab-based scFv(Morgan et al., 2010, Mol Ther., 18(4):843-51), a pertuzumab-based scFv(Franklin et al., 2004, Cancer Cell, 5(4):317-28) and a FRP5-based scFv(Ahmed et al., 2009, Mol Ther., 17(10):1779-87); (ii) anti-GD2 scFv(Newik et al., 2016, Mol Ther Oncolytics, 68:139-152); or (iii)anti-TYRP1 scFv (Saenger et al., 2008, Cancer Res, 68(23); 9884-91);among others.

The terms “transmembrane domain” and “intracellular domain” refer toportions of the protein fragments of the EVIR of the inventioncomprising polypeptides that anchor the “extracellular antibody domain”of the EVIR to the cell surface and extend to the cell cytoplasm.According to a particular aspect, the transmembrane domain of the EVIRaccording to the invention can allow the EVIR to anchor to the antigenpresenting cell membrane. According to a particular aspect, theintracellular domain of the EVIR according to the invention can have asignalling or non-signalling capacity.

In particular, those “transmembrane domains” and “intracellular domains”forming the proteinic domain can be the corresponding domains from thenative membrane associated protein they are derived from or domains thatare derived from those through some truncations and/or homologoussequence modifications that would not affect their anchoring ability tothe cell membranes, such as for example the removal of the endogeneoussignal peptides. For example, according to a particular aspect, theproteinic domain may comprise more than one of transmembrane domainsthat are linked together by extracellular “non hinge” domains (peptidicfragments that bridges two “transmembrane domains” in the nativemembrane protein), such as found in certain membrane proteins such asCCR1, -2, -4 and -5.

When the intracellular domain of the EVIR has a signalling ability (e.g.comprising a signalling peptidic portion) it may be referred as a“signalling domain” and when the intracellular domain of the EVIR doesnot have a signalling capacity, it may be referred as “an inertintracellular domain”. According to a particular aspect, the proteinicdomain may comprise more than one of transmembrane domains that arelinked by an intracellular domain.

Various examples of constructs for the EVIRs and in particular varioustypes of proteinic domains are illustrated on FIG. 13. The proteinicdomain of the EVIRs according to the invention can comprise“transmembrane domain”, “intracellular domain” and optionally further“extracellular non hinge domain” linking the transmembrane domainsderived from the same or different proteins. The transmembrane domains,intracellular domains and optional extracellular non hinge domains canbe derived from any protein that induces at least one of the followingfunctions: cell survival, differentiation, proliferation, activation,maturation, phagocytosis, endocytosis, antigen-processing andpresentation, T-cell recruitment, among other functions. Preferably,that includes any protein fragment that induces monocyte and/ormacrophage and/or DC cell survival, differentiation, proliferation,activation, maturation, phagocytosis, endocytosis, antigen-processingand presentation, T-cell recruitment, among other functions (Holliger etal., 2005, supra; Palucka et al., 2012, supra; Kastenmueller et al.,2014, supra). Examples of proteinic domains or thetransmembrane/intracellular and optional extracellular non hinge domainsof those include domains from a membrane associated protein such asgrowth factor receptors, Fcγ receptor family, toll-like receptors, C—Cchemokine receptors, and other protein molecules, either native orrecombinant, that are expressed on the surface of any cell and that canpromote monocyte and/or macrophage and/or DC cell survival,differentiation, proliferation, activation, maturation, phagocytosis,endocytosis, antigen-processing and presentation, T-cell recruitment,among other functions. Specific examples of those domains includeFcγRIIIA receptor (a member of the Fcγ receptor family expressed bycells of the innate immune system), receptor tyrosine kinase (FLT3, alsotermed CD135), toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), C—C chemokine receptor type2 (CCR2), integrin beta chain beta 2 receptor (ITGB2),colony-stimulating factor-2 receptor B (CSF2RB), C—C chemokine receptortype 1 (CCR1), C—C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), chemokine receptorCXCR4 and P-selectin glycoprotein-1 ligand receptor (SELPLG), or afragment of the human nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR).

The proteinic domain may further comprise a “hinge region”, which is apeptidic fragment that bridges the “transmembrane domain” to the“extracellular antibody domain” of the EVIR of the invention, therebyproviding flexibility to the recombinant receptor (Sadelain et al.,2013, Cancer Discov, 3(4):388-98). In a particular embodiment, theproteinic domain containing a transmembrane domain, an intracellulardomain and a hinge region is obtained by simply removing theextracellular domain from the membrane associated protein from which thetransmembrane and intracellular domains are derived as exemplifiedherein. In this case, the hinge region corresponds to a peptidic regionnaturally linking the transmembrane and the original extracellulardomain of the membrane associated protein.

An EVIR of the invention may also contain a “cell membrane exportdomain”, which refers to any protein fragment, either cellular or viral,that increases sorting of the EVIR to the cell membrane. A non-limitingexample is an IgK domain (von Heijne et al., 2006, Nat Rev Mol CellBiol., 7:909-18), for example inserted at the N-terminus of the EVIR.

The term “an antigen-presenting cell” or “APC” as referred to herein,refers to a cell that displays foreign antigens complexed with majorhistocompatibility complexes (MHCs) on its surface; this process isknown as antigen presentation. Those cells are also sometimes referredto as or “accessory cell”. T-cells may recognize these complexes usingtheir T-cell receptors (TCRs), so APCs process antigens and present themto T-cells. Examples of APCs include, but are not limited to, dendriticcells (DCs), monocytes, macrophages, certain B-cells, and certainactivated epithelial cells.

The term “hematopoietic cells” refers to cells having the ability todifferentiate into mature blood cells, including monocytes, macrophagesand dendritic cells and includes hematopoietic stem cell (HSCs) andhematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs).

The term “EVIR-expressing, TAA-presenting cell” refers herein to a cellexpressing an EVIR according to the invention and, optionally, a proteincapable of inducing APC differentiation, survival, activation and/orcross-presentation, or attracting and/or activating T cells, which afterbeing contacted with cancer cells and/or cancer-cell derived particles,such as EVs, has internalized the cancer cell and/or cancer-cell derivedparticles and processed TAAs, so that TAAs presentation was achievedwithin the antigen presenting cell expressing the EVIR.

The term “extracellular vesicles” or “EVs” refers herein to anymembrane-containing particles or fragments derived from cancer cells.EVs may comprise exosomes, microvesicles, microparticles, apoptoticbodies, cell debris, membrane fragments and similar subcellular materialof tumor origin that, therefore, may be associated with known andunknown tumor antigens. After fusion of the EV with the engineered APC,the EV-associated tumor antigens are presented by the engineered APCs toT cells in order to initiate an immune response against cancer. EVs canbe isolated as described (Squadrito et al., 2014, Cell Rep,8(5):1432-46; Thery et al., 2006, Curr Protoc Cell Biol, Chapter 3; Unit3:22). Presentation of the tumor antigens by the APCs may occur afterprocessing and loading of the antigens on the APC's MHCI or MHCIImolecules (conventional and cross-presentation) as described inVilladangos et al., 2014, Immunity, 29(3):352-61, but also by directpresentation of EV-derived antigen/MHC complexes via cross-dressing asdescribed in Schölzel et al., 2014, J Hepatol., 61(3):600-8.

The terms “cancers” or “tumors” as defined herewith are diseasesinvolving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread toother parts of the body. Term “cancers” designate diseases exemplifiedby, but not limited to, carcinomas (such as breast, prostate, lung,pancreas, and colon cancers), melanomas, sarcomas (such as bone,cartilage, nerve cancer), lymphomas and leukemias (hematopoieticcancers), germ cell tumors (such as seminoma and dysgerminoma) andblastomas.

As used herein, “treatment” and “treating” and the like generally meanobtaining a desired pharmacological and physiological effect. The effectmay be prophylactic in terms of preventing or partially preventing adisease, symptom or condition thereof and/or may be therapeutic in termsof a partial or complete cure of a disease, condition, symptom oradverse effect attributed to the disease. The term “treatment” as usedherein covers any treatment of a cancer in a mammal, particularly ahuman, and includes inhibiting the disease, i.e., arresting itsdevelopment; or relieving the disease, i.e., causing regression of thedisease and/or its symptoms or conditions such as improvement orremediation of damage. In particular, the cells, methods, uses,formulations and compositions according to the invention are useful inthe treatment of cancer and/or in the prevention of evolution of acancer into an advanced or metastatic stage in patients with early stagecancer, thereby improving the cancer staging and patient prognosis. Inparticular, prevention and/or treatment of a cancer may includeadministration of cells according to the invention.

The term “efficacy” of a treatment or method according to the inventioncan be measured based on changes in the course of disease or conditionin response to a use or a method according to the invention. Forexample, the efficacy of a treatment or method according to theinvention can be measured by its impact on signs or symptoms of illness.A response is achieved when the patient experiences partial or totalalleviation, or reduction of unwanted symptoms of illness. According toa particular embodiment, the efficacy can be measured through themeasuring of the elicited immune response against cancer cells such asby analyzing tumor-specific T cells or by assessing cancer cell deathand/or inhibition of tumor growth, progression and dissemination.

The term “effective amount” as used herein refers to an amount of atleast one cell according to the invention, or a pharmaceuticalformulation thereof, that elicits a detectable reduction of the symptomsof the disease in a subject that is being administered said cells, thesesymptoms can include, for instance decrease in solid tumor mass.

The term “subject” as used herein refers to mammals. For examples,mammals contemplated by the present invention include human, primates,domesticated animals such as cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, laboratoryrodents, other pets and the like.

The term “variant” as used herein means a polypeptide substantiallyhomologous to the original peptide sequence, but which has at least onean amino acid sequence different from that of the original sequencebecause of one or more deletions, insertions or substitutions.

Substantially homologous means a variant amino acid sequence that is atleast 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, atleast 97%, at least 98% or at least 99% identical to the original aminoacid sequences, as disclosed above. The percent identity of two aminoacid sequences can be determined by visual inspection and/ormathematical calculation, or more easily by comparing sequenceinformation using known computer program used for sequence comparisonsuch as Clustal package version 1.83. A variant may comprise a sequencehaving at least one conservatively substituted amino acid, meaning thata given amino acid residue is replaced by a residue having similarphysiochemical characteristics. Generally, substitutions for one or moreamino acids present in the original polypeptide should be madeconservatively. Examples of conservative substitutions includesubstitution of one aliphatic residue for another, such as Ile, Val,Leu, or Ala for one another, or substitutions of one polar residue foranother, such as between Lys and Arg; Glu and Asp; or Gln and Asn. Othersuch conservative substitutions, for example, substitutions of entireregions having similar hydrophobicity characteristics, are well known(Kyte, et al, 1982, J. Mol. Biol., 157: 105-131). For example, a“conservative amino acid substitution” may involve a substitution of anative amino acid residue with a non-native residue such that there islittle or no effect on the polarity or charge of the amino acid residueat that position. Desired amino acid substitutions (whether conservativeor non-conservative) can be determined by those skilled in the art atthe time such substitutions are desired.

EVIRs According to the Invention

Extra-cellular vesicle internalizing receptors (EVIRs) of the inventioncomprise:

-   -   (i) an extracellular antibody domain specific for a        membrane-associated molecule of a cancer cell;    -   (ii) a proteinic domain comprising at least one transmembrane        domain and at least one intracellular domain; and    -   (iii) optionally a cell membrane export domain increasing the        export of the EVIR to the cellular membrane of        antigen-presenting cells.

Extra-cellular vesicle internalizing receptors of the inventioncomprise:

-   -   (i) an extracellular antibody domain specific for a        membrane-associated molecule of a cancer cell;    -   (ii) a proteinic domain comprising one transmembrane domain and        one intracellular domain; and    -   (iii) optionally a cell membrane export domain increasing the        export of the EVIR to the cellular membrane of        antigen-presenting cells.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain further comprises a hinge regionlinking the extracellular antibody domain to the transmembrane domain.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises at least two, at leastthree, at least four, at least five, at least six or at least seventransmembrane domains (for example seven transmembrane domains).

In a further particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises at least two, at leastthree, at least four, at least five, at least six or at least seventransmembrane domains linked together by intracellular domains of theEVIR of the invention and/or extracellular non hinge domains.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises at least two, at leastthree or at least four intracellular domains (for example fourintracellular domains).

In a further particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises at least two, at leastthree, at least four, at least five, at least six or at least seventransmembrane domains linked together by at least one, at least two, orat least three intracellular domains and optionally further linkedtogether by extracellular at least one, at least two, or at least threenon-hinge domains.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention that further comprises an amino acid sequence that facilitatesDNA engineering (e.g. a cloning site) such as TG.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein an amino acid sequence that facilitates DNAengineering (e.g. a cloning site) is of SEQ ID NO: 104.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein an amino acid sequence that facilitates DNAengineering is present between the transmembrane domain andextracellular antibody domain.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the extracellular antibody domain is a scFv.

In a further particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the extracellular antibody domain comprises a sequenceof an antibody, or a fragment thereof specific for human epidermalgrowth factor receptor 2 (HER2).

In another further particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR accordingto the invention wherein the extracellular antibody domain comprises asequence of an antibody specific for at least one cancer cellmembrane-associated molecule corresponding to a tumor-associatedantigen, including but not limited to, human epidermal growth factorreceptor 2 (HER2), tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TYRP1),carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), mesothelin, PMEL (gp100), gangliosides(GD2, GD3), and mucins.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the extracellular antibody domain comprises a sequenceof an antibody specific for an anti-human epidermal growth factorreceptor 2 (HER2).

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according tothe invention wherein the extracellular antibody domain comprises asequence of an antibody specific for a tyrosinase-related protein-1(TYRP1).

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according tothe invention wherein the extracellular antibody domain comprises asequence of an antibody specific for a ganglioside GD2 (GD2).

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the sequence of an anti-human epidermal growth factorreceptor 2 (HER2) comprises the sequence of CHA21 (SEQ ID NO: 27), or avariant thereof.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according tothe invention wherein the sequence of an anti-human epidermal growthfactor receptor 2 (HER2) comprises the sequence of a trastuzumab-basedscFv (SEQ ID NO: 28), or a variant thereof.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according tothe invention wherein the sequence of an anti-human epidermal growthfactor receptor 2 (HER2) comprises the sequence of a pertuzumab-basedscFv (SEQ ID NO: 29), or a variant thereof.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according tothe invention wherein the sequence of an anti-human epidermal growthfactor receptor 2 (HER2) comprises the sequence of a FRP5-based scFv(SEQ ID NO: 30), or a variant thereof.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according tothe invention wherein the sequence of an anti-tyrosinase-relatedprotein-1 (TYRP1) comprises the sequence of TA99-based anti-TYRP1 scFv(SEQ ID NO: 113), or a variant thereof.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according tothe invention wherein the sequence of an anti-ganglioside GD2 (GD2)comprises the sequence of 14G2a-based anti-GD2 scFv (SEQ ID NO: 114), ora variant thereof.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain is a fragment of a transmembranereceptor expressed by myeloid cells.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises a G protein-coupledreceptor, a fragment or a variant thereof, expressed by myeloid cells.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises a seven-transmembranedomain receptor, a fragment or a variant thereof, expressed by myeloidcells.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided the EVIR according to theinvention wherein it comprises a proteinic domain comprising at leastone transmembrane and at least one intracellular domain, and optionallyat least one extracellular non-hinge domain, and optionally a hingedomain from a receptor selected from a growth factor receptor, Fcγreceptor family, toll-like receptor, C—C chemokine receptor, or othersignalling receptor that that can promote monocyte and/or macrophageand/or DC cell survival, differentiation, proliferation, activation,maturation, phagocytosis, endocytosis, antigen-processing andpresentation, T-cell recruitment, among other functions.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises a hinge domain, atleast one transmembrane and at least one intracellular domain from areceptor selected from the human nerve growth factor receptor (proteinicdomain of SEQ ID NO: 31), FcγRIIIA receptor (proteinic domain of SEQ IDNO: 32), the receptor tyrosine kinase FLT3 (proteinic domain of SEQ IDNO: 33), the toll-like receptor 4 (proteinic domain of SEQ ID NO: 34),the C—C chemokine receptor type 2 (proteinic domain of SEQ ID NO: 35),the integrin beta chain beta 2 receptor (proteinic domain of SEQ ID NO:36), the colony-stimulating factor-2 receptor B (CSF2RB) (proteinicdomain of SEQ ID NO: 37), the chemokine receptor CCR1 (proteinic domainof SEQ ID NO: 38), the chemokine receptor CCR5 (S proteinic domain ofSEQ ID NO: 39), the chemokine receptor CXCR4 (proteinic domain of SEQ IDNO: 40) and the P-selectin glycoprotein-1 ligand receptor (proteinicdomain of SEQ ID NO: 41), or variants thereof.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain is selected from SEQ ID NO: 35,SEQ ID NO: 38, SEQ ID NO: 39 and SEQ ID NO: 40, or a fragment or variantthereof.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention comprising proteinic domains derived from isoforms of theproteins described herein.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises a hinge domain selectedfrom SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO: 82, SEQ ID NO: 85, SEQ ID NO: 88, SEQ IDNO: 91, SEQ ID NO: 92, SEQ ID NO: 95, SEQ ID NO: 98, SEQ ID NO: 99, SEQID NO: 100 and SEQ ID NO: 101, or variants thereof.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises a transmembrane domainselected from SEQ ID NO: 80, SEQ ID NO: 83, SEQ ID NO: 86, SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO: 93), SEQ ID NO: 96, and SEQ ID NO: 102, or variantsthereof.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain comprises an intracellular domainselected from SEQ ID NO: 81, SEQ ID NO: 84, SEQ ID NO: 87, SEQ ID NO:90, SEQ ID NO: 94, SEQ ID NO: 97, and SEQ ID NO: 103, or variantsthereof.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR according to theinvention wherein the proteinic domain derived from a receptor selectedfrom the human nerve growth factor receptor, the chemokine receptorCCR5, and the P-selectin glycoprotein-1 ligand receptor.

In a further more particular embodiment, is provided an EVIR accordingto the invention wherein the proteinic domain comprises a sequenceselected from SEQ ID NO: 31, 39 and 41 or a variant thereof.

According to a particular embodiment, an EVIR according to the inventioncomprises a cell membrane export domain, for example at the N-terminusof the EVIR sequence.

According to a more particular embodiment, an EVIR according to theinvention comprises a cell membrane export domain comprising an IgKdomain (von Heijne, 2006, supra).

According to a further particular embodiment an EVIR according to theinvention comprises a cell membrane export domain of SEQ ID NO: 42 or avariant thereof.

EVIRs according to the invention can be obtained by any known methods ofmolecular cloning for polypeptide expression, as described in thefollowing examples.

According to a further particular embodiment EVIRs of the inventioncomprise:

-   -   (i) an anti-HER2 CHA21 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ        ID NO: 27;    -   (ii) a proteinic domain comprising an amino acid sequence        selected from: SEQ ID NO: 31, SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO: 33, SEQ        ID NO: 34, SEQ ID NO: 35, SEQ ID NO: 36, SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID        NO: 38, SEQ ID NO: 39, SEQ ID NO: 40 and SEQ ID NO: 41;    -   (iii) optionally an amino acid sequence that facilitates DNA        engineering of SEQ ID NO: 104; and    -   (iv) a cell membrane export domain IgK of SEQ ID NO: 42.

According to a further particular embodiment an EVIR of the inventioncomprises:

-   -   (i) an anti-TYRP1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID        NO: 113;    -   (ii) a proteinic domain comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ        ID NO: 31;    -   (iii) optionally an amino acid sequence that facilitates DNA        engineering of SEQ ID NO: 104; and    -   (iv) a cell membrane export domain IgK of SEQ ID NO: 42.

According to a further particular embodiment EVIRs of the inventioncomprise:

-   -   (i) an anti-GD2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:        114;    -   (ii) a proteinic domain comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ        ID NO: 31;    -   (iii) optionally an amino acid sequence that facilitates DNA        engineering of SEQ ID NO: 104; and    -   (iv) a cell membrane export domain IgK of SEQ ID NO: 42.

According to a further particular embodiment, an EVIR according to theinvention has an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 54, SEQ IDNO: 55, SEQ ID NO: 56, SEQ ID NO: 57, SEQ ID NO: 58, SEQ ID NO: 59, SEQID NO: 60, SEQ ID NO: 61, SEQ ID NO: 62, SEQ ID NO: 63 and SEQ ID NO:64, or variants thereof.

According to a further particular embodiment, an EVIR according to theinvention has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 132, or variantsthereof.

According to a further particular embodiment, an EVIR according to theinvention has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 133 or variantsthereof.

According to a further particular embodiment, a proteinic domain ofEVIRs of the invention comprises:

-   -   (i) a hinge domain comprising an amino acid sequence selected        from: SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO: 82, SEQ ID NO: 85, SEQ ID NO:        88, SEQ ID NO: 92, SEQ ID NO: 95, and 101;    -   (ii) a transmembrane domain comprising an amino acid sequence        selected from: SEQ ID NO: 80, SEQ ID NO: 83, SEQ ID NO: 86, SEQ        ID NO: 89, SEQ ID NO: 93, SEQ ID NO: 96 and SEQ ID NO: 102;    -   (iii) an intracellular domain comprising an amino acid sequence        selected from: SEQ ID NO: 81, SEQ ID NO: 84, SEQ ID NO: 87, SEQ        ID NO: 90, SEQ ID NO: 94, SEQ ID NO: 97 and SEQ ID NO: 103.

Nucleic Acids of the Invention

Isolated nucleic acid encoding an EVIR according to the invention maybe, for instance, natural DNA or RNA or a recombinant or synthetic DNA,RNA or LNA or a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising any of thenucleic acid molecules according to the invention either alone or incombination. In a particular embodiment, the nucleic acid moleculesaccording to the invention are cDNA.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention, wherein theextracellular antibody domain comprises a sequence of an antibodyspecific for at least one cancer cell membrane-associated moleculecorresponding to a tumor-associated antigen, including but not limitedto, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), tyrosinase-relatedprotein-1 (TYRP1), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), mesothelin, PMEL(gp100), gangliosides (GD2, GD3), and mucins.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain consisting of CHA21 sequence, wherein thesaid nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 1 or a variant thereof.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain consisting of CHA21 sequence, wherein thesaid nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 1.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain consisting of CHA21 sequence, wherein thesaid nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 128.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleicacid molecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain consisting of a trastuzumab-based scFv,wherein the said nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 76.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleicacid molecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain consisting of a pertuzumab-based scFvsequence, wherein the said nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO:77.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleicacid molecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain consisting of a FRP5-based scFv sequence,wherein the said nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 78.

In another more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleicacid molecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain consisting of an anti-TYRP1 scFv sequence,wherein the said nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 111.

In a further particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anextracellular antibody domain consisting of an anti-GD2 scFv sequence,wherein the said nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 112.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising at leastone transmembrane and at least one intracellular domain from a receptorselected from the human nerve growth factor receptor (SEQ ID NO: 43),FcγRIIIA receptor (SEQ ID NO: 44), the receptor tyrosine kinase (SEQ IDNO: 45), the toll-like receptor 4 (SEQ ID NO: 46), the C—C chemokinereceptor type 2 (SEQ ID NO: 47), the integrin beta chain beta 2 receptor(SEQ ID NO: 48), the colony-stimulating factor-2 receptor B (SEQ ID NO:49), the chemokine receptor CCR1 (SEQ ID NO: 50), the chemokine receptorCCR5 (SEQ ID NO: 51), the chemokine receptor CXCR4 (SEQ ID NO: 52) andthe P-selectin glycoprotein-1 ligand receptor (SEQ ID NO: 53).

In another embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acid moleculeencoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising a cell membraneexport domain comprising an IgK domain, wherein the said nucleic acidmolecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 2, in particular SEQ ID NO: 129, whereinan isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding said EVIR is furthercomprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an extracellular antibodydomain consisting of CHA21 (SEQ ID NO: 1).

In another embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acid moleculeencoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising a cell membraneexport domain comprising an IgK domain, wherein the said nucleic acidmolecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 129, wherein an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding said EVIR is further comprising a nucleic acidsequence encoding an extracellular antibody domain consisting of CHA21(SEQ ID NO: 128).

In another embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acid moleculeencoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising a cell membraneexport domain comprising an IgK domain, wherein the said nucleic acidmolecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 105 wherein an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding said EVIR is further comprising an extracellularantibody domain consisting of a trastuzumab-based scFv of SEQ ID NO: 76or an extracellular antibody domain consisting of a FRP5-based scFvsequence of SEQ ID NO: 78.

In another embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acid moleculeencoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising a cell membraneexport domain comprising an IgK domain, wherein the said nucleic acidmolecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 106, wherein an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding said EVIR is further comprising an extracellularantibody domain consisting of a pertuzumab-based scFv sequence of SEQ IDNO: 77.

In a particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising an aminoacid sequence that facilitates DNA engineering (e.g. cloning site).

In a particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising an aminoacid sequence that facilitates DNA engineering (e.g. cloning site),wherein the said nucleic acid molecule comprises SEQ ID NO: 107 or SEQID NO: 108.

According to another embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anucleic acid sequence encoding a functional protein that promotes incells, preferably in monocytes, macrophages and/or DCs, survival,differentiation, proliferation, activation, maturation, phagocytosis,endocytosis, M1-polarization, antigen-processing and presentation,T-cell recruitment, among other functions, or a protein capable ofinducing APC differentiation, survival, activation and/orcross-presentation (for example CD40 (cluster of differentiation 40),GM-CSF (CSF2, colony stimulating factor 2), Type I and II interferon(e.g. interferon gamma (IFNγ)), LIN28, or Rab34), or attracting and/oractivating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9 (chemokine (C—X—C motif)ligand 9)).

According to another embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention further comprisinga nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein capable of inducing APCdifferentiation, survival, activation and/or cross-presentation (forexample CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2), Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ), orRab34), or attracting and/or activating T cells (for example IL-2 orCXCL9).

According to another embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising anucleic acid sequence encoding a functional protein capable of inducingAPC differentiation, survival, activation and/or cross-presentation suchas LIN28 (protein encoded by the Lin28 gene).

According to another embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidmolecule encoding an EVIR according to the invention further comprisinga nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein capable of inducing APCdifferentiation, survival, activation and/or cross-presentation selectedfrom: SEQ ID NO: 117 (CXCL9), SEQ ID NO: 120 (GM-CSF), SEQ ID NO: 123(IFNγ), SEQ ID NO: 126 (LIN28) and SEQ ID NO: 127 (CD40).

According to a further particular embodiment an isolated nucleic acidencoding EVIRs of the invention comprises:

-   -   (i) a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or variants thereof        encoding anti-HER2 CHA21;    -   (ii) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a proteinic domain        selected from: SEQ ID NO: 43, SEQ ID NO: 44, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ        ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 47, SEQ ID NO: 48, SEQ ID NO: 49, SEQ ID        NO: 50, SEQ ID NO: 51, SEQ ID NO: 52 and SEQ ID NO: 53 or        variants thereof; and    -   (iii) a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or variants        thereof encoding a cell membrane export domain IgK.

According to a further particular embodiment an isolated nucleic acidencoding an EVIR of the invention comprises:

-   -   (i) a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 111 or variants        thereof encoding anti-TYRP1;    -   (ii) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a proteinic domain of SEQ        ID NO: 43 or variants thereof; and    -   (iii) a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 109 or variants        thereof encoding cell membrane export domain IgK.

According to a further particular embodiment an isolated nucleic acidencoding an EVIR of the invention comprises:

-   -   (i) a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 112 or variants        thereof encoding anti-GD2;    -   (ii) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a proteinic domain of SEQ        ID NO: 43 or variants thereof; and    -   (iii) a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 110 or variants        thereof encoding cell membrane export domain IgK.

According to a further particular embodiment, is provided an isolatednucleic acid encoding an EVIR according to the invention selected fromSEQ ID NO: 65, SEQ ID NO: 66, SEQ ID NO: 67, SEQ ID NO: 68, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ IDNO: 74 and SEQ ID NO: 75.

According to a further particular embodiment, is provided an isolatednucleic acid encoding an EVIR according to the invention selected fromSEQ ID NO: 130 and SEQ ID NO: 131.

In a more particular embodiment, is provided an isolated nucleic acidencoding an EVIR according to the invention comprising orthologous humansequences encoding proteinic domain of the invention.

Vectors and Methods for Cell Transduction

In one embodiment, the invention provides a recombinant expressionvector comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to the invention,wherein the vector optionally comprises an expression controllingsequence, allowing expression in eukaryotic host cells of the encodedsequence, operably linked to said nucleic acid molecule.

Numerous expression systems can be used, including without limitationchromosomes, episomes, plasmids, and virus-derived vectors. Moreparticularly, the recombinant vectors used can be derived from bacterialplasmids, transposons, yeast episomes, insertion elements, yeastchromosome elements, viruses such as baculovirus, papilloma viruses suchas SV40, vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, fox pox viruses, pseudorabiesviruses, retroviruses, lentiviruses, adeno-associated viruses (AAV).These recombinant vectors can equally be cosmid or phagemid derivatives.

In one embodiment, the recombinant vectors are any viral vectorsselected from retroviral vectors (both replication-competent andreplication-defective retroviral vectors), lentiviral vectors, inparticular bidirectional lentiviral vectors, adenoviral vectors andadeno-associated vectors.

In a particular embodiment, the recombinant vector is a retroviralvector.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a recombinant expressionvector comprising nucleic acid molecules encoding for one or more thanone EVIR sequence of the invention.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a recombinant expressionvector comprising at least one nucleic acid molecule encoding for afunctional protein that promotes in cells, preferably in monocytes,macrophages and/or DCs, survival, differentiation, proliferation,activation, maturation, phagocytosis, endocytosis, antigen-processingand presentation, T-cell recruitment, among other functions.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a recombinant expressionvector comprising nucleic acid molecules encoding for one or more thanone EVIR sequence of the invention further comprising at least onenucleic acid molecule encoding for a functional protein that promotes incells, preferably in monocytes, macrophages and/or DCs, survival,differentiation, proliferation, activation, maturation, phagocytosis,endocytosis, antigen-processing and presentation, T-cell recruitment,among other functions.

According to a particular embodiment, the expression vectors accordingto the invention may also encode for a protein capable of inducing APCdifferentiation, survival, activation and/or cross-presentation (forexample CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2), Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ),LIN28, or Rab34), or attracting and/or activating T cells (for exampleIL-2 or CXCL9).

According to a particular embodiment, the invention provides arecombinant expression vector comprising nucleic acid molecules encodingfor a protein capable of inducing APC differentiation, survival,activation and/or cross-presentation (for example CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2),Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ), LIN28, or Rab34), or attractingand/or activating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9).

In another embodiment, a bidirectional or bicistronic expression vectorcan be used to co-express at least one EVIR according to the inventiontogether with a protein capable of inducing APC differentiation,survival, activation and/or cross-presentation (for example CD40, GM-CSF(CSF2), Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ), LIN28, or Rab34), orattracting and/or activating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9).

The nucleic acid sequence can be inserted in the recombinant expressionvector by methods well known to a person skilled in the art such as, forexample, those that are described in Molecular Cloning: A LaboratoryManual, Sambrook et al., 4th Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 2001.

Recombinant vectors can include nucleotide sequences that allow, controlor regulate the expression and the transcription of a polynucleotide ofthe invention as well as the translation of an EVIR of the invention,these sequences being selected according to the host cells that areused. For example, an appropriate secretion signal can be integrated inthe recombinant vector so that the EVIR, encoded by the nucleic acidmolecule of the invention, will be directed to the membrane.

In a further embodiment, is provided a host cell comprising arecombinant vector according to the invention.

The introduction of the recombinant vector in a host cell can be carriedout according to methods that are well known to a person skilled in theart, such as those described in Basic Methods in Molecular Biology,Davis et al., 2^(nd) ed., McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 1995, andMolecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, supra, such as transfection bycalcium phosphate, transfection by DEAE dextran, transfection,microinjection, transfection by cationic lipids, electroporation,transduction or infection.

In another embodiment, the invention provides a process for producingAPCs capable of expressing an EVIR, optionally along with a proteincapable of inducing APC differentiation, survival, activation and/orcross-presentation (for example CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2), Type I and IIinterferon (e.g. IFNγ), LIN28, or Rab34), or attracting and/oractivating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9), comprising contactingcells with a vector or a nucleic acid according to the invention.

According to an embodiment, EVIRs according to the invention areoptionally co-expressed with the said protein or alternatively, theexpression of said protein is achieved in APCs expressing EVIRs by usingan independent vector.

According to a particular aspect is provided an ex vivo method (i.e., inculture) of inducing expression of at least one EVIR of the invention inan APC or a stem/progenitor cell thereof comprising the steps of:

-   -   (i) ex vivo transducing said cell with a vector according to the        invention; and    -   (ii) optionally inducing APC differentiation, maturation or        activation;

wherein an EVIR according to the invention is expressed in said APCcells with a protein capable of inducing APC differentiation, survival,activation and/or cross-presentation (for example CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2),Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ), LIN28, or Rab34), or attractingand/or activating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9).

Another aspect of the invention provides a method of inducing in vivothe expression of at least one EVIR of the invention in an APC or astem/progenitor cell thereof in a subject in need thereof, said methodcomprising the steps of:

-   -   (i) administering a vector encoding an EVIR according to the        invention to said subject under suitable conditions for inducing        transduction of the subject's APCs or stem/progenitor cell        thereof in vivo with said vector; and    -   (ii) optionally inducing APC differentiation, maturation or        activation in vivo,

wherein an EVIR according to the invention is expressed in vivo in saidAPC cells with a protein capable of inducing APC differentiation,survival, activation and/or cross-presentation (for example CD40, GM-CSF(CSF2), Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ), LIN28, or Rab34), orattracting and/or activating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9).

The EVIRs can be delivered to APCs using a lentiviral vector (oralternative viral or non-viral vectors), either ex vivo on isolated APCs(or precursors thereof) or in vivo via systemic (e.g., intravenous) orlocal (e.g., intra-tumoral, peri-tumoral, lymphnodal, etc.) delivery ofa vector of the invention encoding said EVIRs.

In particular, the invention provides a process for producing anantigen-presenting cell or any stem of progenitor cell thereof,expressing at least one EVIR according to the invention, comprisingcontacting said APCs or stem of progenitor cell thereof, in particularDCs, monocytes or macrophages, either ex vivo or in vivo with a vectoror a nucleic acid according to the invention.

EVIR-Expressing APCs

According to an embodiment, the invention provides an antigen-presentingcell expressing at least one EVIR according to the invention.

According to an embodiment, the invention provides a cell expressing oneEVIR according to the invention.

According to a further embodiment, the invention provides a cellexpressing at least an EVIR along with a protein capable of inducing APCdifferentiation, survival, activation and/or cross-presentation (forexample CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2), Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ),LIN28, or Rab34), or attracting and/or activating T cells (for exampleIL-2 or CXCL9).

According to a particular embodiment, the invention provides a cellexpressing at least 2, at least 3, at least 4 different EVIRs of theinvention.

According to a particular embodiment, the invention provides a cellexpressing at least one EVIR according to the invention, for examplefrom about 1 to about 3 different EVIRs of the invention.

According to an embodiment, is provided a cell composition comprisingAPCs expressing at least one EVIR of the invention, wherein at least 1%,at least 10%, at least 20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, atleast 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, or at least 90% of the APCs, inparticular monocytes, macrophages or DCs, express at least one EVIR ofthe invention.

According to a further embodiment, is provided a cell composition of theinvention, wherein at least 1% of the cell population expresses at leastone EVIR of the invention.

According to another embodiment, is provided a cell compositioncomprising APCs expressing at least an EVIR along with a protein capableof inducing APC differentiation, survival, activation and/orcross-presentation (for example CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2), Type I and IIinterferon (e.g. IFNγ), LIN28, or Rab34), or attracting and/oractivating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9).

According to an embodiment, is provided a cell composition of theinvention, wherein expression of the EVIR persists for at least severalhours after delivery with a vector of the invention.

According to an embodiment, is provided a cell composition of theinvention, wherein at least 1% of the cell population expresses at leastone EVIR of the invention and said expression persists for at leastseveral hours after delivery with a vector of the invention.

According to an embodiment, is provided a cell composition of theinvention, wherein expression of a protein capable of inducing APCdifferentiation, survival, activation and/or cross-presentation (forexample CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2), Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ),LIN28, or Rab34), or attracting and/or activating T cells (for exampleIL-2 or CXCL9), persists for at least several hours after delivery witha vector of the invention.

According to one embodiment, the expression level and time of EVIRs canbe measured by methods such as flow cytometry, protein analysis, ornucleic acidic amplification.

According to another embodiment, the invention provides a cell accordingto the invention, wherein said cells is a hematopoietic cell with theability to differentiate into monocytes, macrophages or dendritic cells,including hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells.

According to another embodiment, the invention provides a cell accordingto the invention, wherein said cell is selected from hematopoietic stemcell and progenitor cell.

According to another embodiment, the invention provides a cell accordingto the invention, wherein said cell is an antigen-presenting cell (APC).

According to another embodiment, the invention provides a cell accordingto the invention, wherein said cell is an APC selected from a monocyte,a macrophage or a dendritic cell.

In another embodiment, the invention provides a cell expressing at leastone EVIR, wherein said cell further expresses at least one proteincapable of inducing APC differentiation, survival, activation and/orcross-presentation (for example CD40, GM-CSF (CSF2), Type I and IIinterferon (e.g. IFNγ), LIN28, or Rab34), or attracting and/oractivating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9).

It is understood that, when co-expressed in a cell expressing at leastone EVIR of the invention, CD40 can act to enhance antigen-presentingcell and T-cell activation; Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ) can actto enhance antigen-presenting cell and T-cell maturation and activation;LIN28 blocks the maturation of the microRNA Let-7, promoting activationand antigen presentation by macrophages and DCs (Baer et al., 2016, NatCell Biol., 18(7):790-802); Rab34 can act to enhance antigencross-presentation; GM-CSF (CSF2) can act to increase antigen-presentingcell and dendritic cell differentiation, maturation and activation; IL-2can act to increase T-cell proliferation; CXCL9 can act to increaseT-cell recruitment.

In another embodiment, the invention provides EVIR-expressing cells thatare able to internalize EVs to the cell cytoplasm.

In another embodiment, the invention provides EVIR-expressing cells withenhanced internalization capabilities of cancer-cell derived EVs, ascompared to the same cells not expressing an EVIR of the invention,which property is independent of a contact with the cancer cells.

In another embodiment, the invention provides EVIR-expressing cells withfaster internalization of cancer-cell derived EVs, as compared to cellsnot expressing EVIR, which property is independent of contact withcancer cells.

According to one embodiment, the internalization level and kinetics ofEVs by EVIR-expressing cells can be measured by methods such as flowcytometry and protein analysis.

In another embodiment, the invention provides EVIR-expressing cells thatare able to uptake, process, and present to T-cells tumor associatedantigens (TAAs) without the need of a pre-identification of those TAAs.

In another embodiment, the invention provides EVIR-expressing cells thatfacilitate TAAs cross-presentation to CD8⁺ T cells.

In another embodiment, the invention provides EVIR-expressing cells withenhanced presentation (in terms of repertoire of TAAs and in terms ofquantity of each TAA) to T-cells of EV-associated TAAs as compared tocells not expressing EVIR.

According to one embodiment, the level of presentation of TAAs to Tcells achieved by cells of the invention can be measured by methods suchas flow cytometry, protein analysis, and T-cell proliferation/activationassays.

In another embodiment, the invention provides cells according to theinvention that induce T-cells proliferation.

In another embodiment, the invention provides cells according to theinvention with enhanced ability to induce T-cell proliferation ascompared to cells not expressing EVIR.

According to one embodiment, T-cell proliferation can be measured bymethods such as flow cytometry, cell cycle analysis, T-cell suppression,and mixed leukocyte reactions (MLR).

Methods and Uses According to the Invention

The invention provides a method of inducing expression of EVIRs,optionally along with a protein capable of inducing differentiation,survival, activation and/or cross-presentation (for example CD40, GM-CSF(CSF2), Type I and II interferon (e.g. IFNγ), LIN28, or Rab34), orattracting and/or activating T cells (for example IL-2 or CXCL9), in anantigen-presenting cell (APC) or a stem or progenitor cell thereofaccording to the invention.

In one particular method of the invention, APC differentiation can beconducted according to methods involving exposing APC precursors such asmonocytes under cell culture conditions well-known to those skilled inthe art.

In a particular embodiment, the invention provides a method of inducingexpression of EVIRs in APCs, said method comprising the step oftransfecting or transducing said cells with a vector according to theinvention.

In another embodiment, is provided an ex vivo method of preparingEVIR-expressing, TAA-presenting cells according to the invention,wherein the provided EVs are tumor-derived particles, such as exosomesand other vesicles, isolated from either a tumor or blood sample.

In another embodiment, is provided an ex vivo method of preparingEVIR-expressing, TAA-presenting cells according to the invention,wherein the APC and cancer cells or EVs are co-cultured and the EVsderive from the ex-vivo cultured cancer cells.

According to a particular embodiment, the EVIR-expressing,TAAs-presenting cells according to the invention can be injected tocancer subject, while and optionally inducing APC differentiation,maturation or activation in vivo and can be useful in a method oftreatment according to the invention.

In one embodiment, is provided an in vivo method of inducingpresentation of TAAs in an EVIR-expressing cell of the invention,comprising the step of delivering an EVIR-expressing vector via systemic(e.g., intravenous) or local (e.g., intra-tumoral, peri-tumoral,lymphnodal, etc.) routes to a cancer subject.

In another embodiment, is provided a method of inducing an immuneresponse to cancer cells in a subject, comprising the step ofadministering EVIR-expressing vectors or cells according to theinvention in a patient in need thereof, wherein said EVIR-expressingvectors or cells are administered alone, or pre-treated in a co-culturewith cancer cells, or pre-treated in a co-culture with cancer-cellderived EVs, in particular exosomes, or in combination with anotheranti-cancer therapy. Standard procedures used in DC vaccinationprocedures might be used.

In a particular embodiment, the cancer cells or cancer-cell derived EVsare autologous, i.e. originating from the patient to be treated.

In a particular embodiment, the APCs or stem/progenitor cells areautologous, i.e. originating from the patient to be treated.

In a particular embodiment, the invention provides a method ofidentifying new TAAs loaded on MHCI or MHCII molecules according to theinvention wherein the identification of the new TAAs is performed byproteomics methods.

In another aspect, the invention provides a use of cells according tothe invention for the preparation of a vaccine for treating and/orpreventing a cancer.

According to a particular aspect, the EVIRs of the invention are usefulfor uptaking cancer cell-derived EVs that contain free (unloaded) TAAs.

According to another particular aspect, the EVIRs of the invention areuseful for uptaking cancer cell-derived EVs that contain TAAs alreadyloaded on MHCI or MHCII molecules.

Another aspect of the invention relates to an isolated cell expressingat least one EVIR of the invention and capable of presenting unloadedTAAs via MHCI or MHCII molecules.

Another aspect of the invention provides an isolated cell expressing atleast one EVIR of the invention and capable of presenting TAAs alreadyloaded on MHCI or MHCII molecules.

It is worth pointing that currently existing approaches using APC-TAAare not designed to instruct the APC to uptake and present TAAsendogenously, i.e., in the body of the patient and from the tumor of thepatient, but instead rely on the ex vivo exposure to tumor-derivedmaterial. Therefore, the EVIR-expressing vectors or cells according tothe invention and methods using thereof are particularly advantageousover the existing approaches in immunotherapy and/or in the preventionand/or treatment of cancers.

Compositions According to the Invention

Pharmaceutical compositions or formulations according to the inventionmay be administered as a pharmaceutical formulation, which containsEVIR-expressing vectors or cells as described herewith.

Another aspect of the invention provides a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising cells of the invention and at least one pharmaceuticallyacceptable agent able to promote APC differentiation, maturation and/oractivation in vivo.

The invention provides pharmaceutical or therapeutic cells ascompositions and methods for treating a subject, preferably a mammaliansubject, and most preferably a human patient who is suffering from acancer.

Cells of the invention or formulations thereof may be administered as apharmaceutical formulation, which can contain one or more co-agentsaccording to the invention in any form described herein. Thecompositions according to the invention, together with a conventionallyemployed adjuvant, carrier, diluent or excipient may be placed into theform of pharmaceutical compositions and unit dosages thereof, and insuch form may be employed as solids, such as tablets or filled capsules,or liquids such as solutions, suspensions, emulsions, elixirs, orcapsules filled with the same, all for oral use, or in the form ofsterile injectable solutions for parenteral use by injection orcontinuous infusion. Injectable compositions are typically based uponinjectable sterile saline or phosphate-buffered saline or otherinjectable carriers known in the art. Such pharmaceutical compositionsand unit dosage forms thereof may comprise ingredients in conventionalproportions, with or without additional active compounds or principles,and such unit dosage forms may contain any suitable effective amount ofthe active ingredient commensurate with the intended dosage range to beemployed.

Compositions of this invention may be liquid formulations including, butnot limited to aqueous or oily suspensions, solutions, emulsions,syrups, and elixirs. The compositions may also be formulated as a dryproduct for reconstitution with water or other suitable vehicle beforeuse. Such liquid preparations may contain additives including, but notlimited to, suspending agents, emulsifying agents, non-aqueous vehiclesand preservatives. Suspending agents include, but are not limited to,sorbitol syrup, methylcellulose, glucose/sugar syrup, gelatin,hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, aluminum stearate gel,and hydrogenated edible fats. Emulsifying agents include, but are notlimited to, lecithin, sorbitan monooleate, and acacia. Preservativesinclude, but are not limited to, methyl or propyl p-hydroxybenzoate andsorbic acid. Dispersing or wetting agents include but are not limited topoly(ethylene glycol), glycerol, bovine serum albumin, Tween®, Span®.

Compositions of this invention may also be formulated as a depotpreparation, which may be administered by implantation or byintramuscular injection.

The compounds of this invention can also be administered in sustainedrelease forms or from sustained release drug delivery systems.

According to a particular embodiment, compositions according to theinvention are for intravenous use.

According to a particular embodiment, compositions according to theinvention are for intratumoral use.

According to a particular embodiment, compositions according to theinvention are for subcutaneous use.

According to a particular embodiment, compositions according to theinvention are for intralymphnodal use.

According to a particular aspect, compositions of the invention arevaccine compositions.

According to a particular aspect, vaccine compositions may comprise oneor more co-agents selected among CpG oligonucleotides (shortsingle-stranded synthetic DNA molecules that contain a cytosinetriphosphate deoxynucleotide (“C”) followed by a guanine triphosphatedeoxynucleotide (“G”), “p” refers to the phosphodiester link betweenconsecutive nucleotides) diphtheria toxin, growth factors (non-limitingexamples are: M-CSF (macrophage colony-stimulating factor), GM-CSF,granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor), FLT3 (FMS-liketyrosine kinase-3),) and/or cytokines (non-limiting examples are: IFNγ(Interferon gamma), CXCL9 (Chemokine (C—X—C motif) ligand 9), IL12(interleukin 12), IL2 (interleukin 2), IL-4 (interleukin 4)).

In another particular aspect, compositions according to the inventionare adapted for delivery by single administration.

According to a particular embodiment, compositions of the invention areveterinary compositions.

Further materials as well as formulation processing techniques and thelike are set out in Part 5 of Remington's “The Science and Practice ofPharmacy”, 22^(nd) Edition, 2012, University of the Sciences inPhiladelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, which is incorporatedherein by reference.

In another aspect, the invention provides compositions comprisingvectors according to the invention.

In another aspect, the invention provides compositions comprisingEVIR-expressing cells according to the invention.

Mode of Administration

Cells and formulations thereof according to this invention may beadministered in any manner including parenterally, intravenously,intratumorally, subcutaneously, intra-dermally, rectally, direct tissueperfusion during surgery, or combinations thereof. Parenteraladministration includes, but is not limited to, intravenous,intra-arterial, intra-peritoneal, subcutaneous and intramuscular. Thecompositions of this invention may also be administered in the form ofan implant, which allows slow release of the compositions as well as aslow controlled i.v. infusion.

Combination

According to the invention, the vectors and cells according to theinvention, and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, can be administeredalone or in combination with a co-agent useful in the prevention and/ortreatment of a cancer such as therapeutic antibodies that enhance theadaptive immune system's activity against the tumor (such as anti-PD1,anti-PDL1, anti-CTLA4 antibodies), therapeutic antibodies or TLRagonists that enhance the innate immune system's activity against thetumor (such as anti-CD40 antibodies), therapeutic antibodies or smallmolecule inhibitors that deplete endogenous monocytes, macrophages ordendritic cells (for example anti-CSF1R inhibitors), thus favoring theengraftment of and uptake of EVs by EVIR expressing cells of theinvention.

The cells according to the invention might also be combined with knownchemo-, radio-therapeutics that enhance cancer cell killing and releaseof cancer-cell derived EVs, as defined in the application.

The invention encompasses the administration of vectors or cells,pharmaceutical formulations thereof, or composition according to theinvention, wherein said vectors or cells or compositions areadministered to an individual prior to, simultaneously or sequentiallywith other therapeutic regimens, co-agents useful in the preventionand/or treatment of a cancer, in a therapeutically effective amount.

Cells or composition according to the invention, or the pharmaceuticalformulation thereof, that are administered simultaneously with saidco-agents can be administered in the same or different composition(s)and by the same or different route(s) of administration.

Kits

According to another aspect of the invention, is provided a kitcomprising at least one recombinant expression vector and/or at leastone cell according to the invention, and optionally instructionalmaterial.

According to another further embodiment, the kit according to theinvention comprises at least one recombinant expression vector andfurther comprises at least one agent for transducing anantigen-presenting cell or a stem/progenitor cell thereof with saidrecombinant expression vector.

According to another further embodiment, the kit according to theinvention comprises at least one cell according to the invention andfurther comprises at least one agent for the preservation of said cellsand/or culture of said cells with cancer cells of cancer derived EVs.

Patients

In an embodiment, patients according to the invention are suffering fromany type of cancer.

In an embodiment, patients according to the invention are suffering fromany type of cancer at any stage, including non-metastatic andmetastatic.

In a particular embodiment, patients according to the invention aresuffering from carcinomas, sarcomas, melanomas, brain tumors,hematological cancers, or any pre-malignant or malignant neoplasm.

References cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference in theirentirety. The present invention is not to be limited in scope by thespecific embodiments and drawings described herein, which are intendedas single illustrations of individual aspects of the invention, andfunctionally equivalent methods and components are within the scope ofthe invention.

EXAMPLES

The following abbreviations refer respectively to the definitions below:

293T cells (human embryonic kidney cells); B4GALNT1(Beta-1,4-N-Acetyl-Galactosaminyltransferase 1, GD2 synthase); B16 cells(murine melanoma tumor cell line); BM (bone marrow); BMDC (bone marrowderived dendritic cell); BMDM (bone marrow derived macrophage); CCR1(chemokine receptor type 1); CCR2 (C—C chemokine receptor type 2); CCR5(chemokine receptor type 5); CSF2 (colony stimulating factor 2); CSF2RB(colony-stimulating factor-2 receptor B); CXCR4 (chemokine receptorCXCR4); CD40 (cluster of differentiation 40); DC (dendritic cell); CXCL9(chemokine (C—X—C motif) ligand 9); EC (extracellular domain); EV(extracellular vesicle); dLNGFR (truncated low-affinity human nervegrowth factor receptor); EVIR (extra-cellular vesicle internalizingreceptor); FLT3 (receptor tyrosine kinase); GD2 (ganglioside GD2); GFP(green fluorescent protein); iBMM (immortalized murine bone marrowderived macrophages); IC (intracellular domain); IFNγ (interferongamma); ITGB2 (integrin beta chain beta 2 receptor); LIN28 (proteinencoded by the LIN28 gene); LV (lentiviral vector); MC38 (a coloncarcinoma cell line); mTq (turquoise fluorescent protein); OVA(ovalbumin); MFI (mean fluorescence intensity); P388D1 (murine monocyticcell line isolated from lymphoma); PM (Peritoneal macrophages); SELPLG(P-selectin glycoprotein-1 ligand receptor); SFFV (spleen forming focusvirus); ST8SIA1 (ST8 Alpha-N-Acetyl-NeuraminideAlpha-2,8-Sialyltransferase 1, GD3 synthase); TLR4 (toll-like receptor4); TM (transmembrane domain); TYRP1 (tyrosinase-related protein-1); UT(untransduced).

Example 1 Design of Extra-Cellular Vesicle Internalizing Receptor

11 different EVIR molecules were designed as follows.

Cloning Design of EVIRs

11 transmembrane receptors were selected and their intracellular (IC)domain, transmembrane (TM) domain, and a short extracellular (EC) domainwere cloned in combination with the DNA coding sequence for theHER2-specific scFv termed CHA21 (SEQ ID NO: 128) (extracellular antibodydomain specific for a surface molecule of a cancer cell).

DNA coding sequences from the selected transmembrane receptors were: thehuman nerve growth factor receptor (dLNGFR, SEQ ID NO: 43), FcγRIIIAreceptor (a member of the Fcγ receptor family expressed by cells of theinnate immune system, SEQ ID NO: 44), the receptor tyrosine kinase(FLT3, SEQ ID NO: 45), the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4, SEQ ID NO: 46),the C—C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2, SEQ ID NO: 47), the integrinbeta chain beta 2 receptor (ITGB2, SEQ ID NO: 48), thecolony-stimulating factor-2 receptor B (CSF2RB, SEQ ID NO: 49), thechemokine receptor CCR1 (SEQ ID NO: 50), the chemokine receptor CCR5(SEQ ID NO: 51), the chemokine receptor CXCR4 (SEQ ID NO: 52), theP-selectin glycoprotein-1 ligand receptor (SELPLG, SEQ ID NO: 53).

A mouse-optimized CHA21 coding DNA sequence (SEQ ID NO: 128) wasobtained from GeneArt® (LifeTechnologies). A coding DNA sequence of IgKsignal domain (SEQ ID NO: 129) was incorporated to increase the exportof a receptor to membrane. A linker sequence containing a highefficiency Kozak sequence and restriction sites for cloning (SEQ ID NO:3) was incorporated at the 5′ end of the EVIR coding sequence.Restriction enzyme sites and a stop codon (SEQ ID NO: 4) wereincorporated at the 3′end of the scFv sequence for cloning, before theSTOP codon, the DNA sequence of the transmembrane and intracellulardomains of the EVIR.

The DNA coding sequence of FcγRIIIa was obtained from GeneArt® (LifeTechnologies).

The linker sequences were added to the sequence at the 5′ (SEQ ID NO: 5)and 3′ (SEQ ID NO: 6) end of the FcγRIIIa coding sequence.

The DNA coding sequence of dLNGFR was obtained by PCR from a lentiviralvector (LV) that expresses the dLNGFR and GFP (Amendola et al., 2005,Nat biotechnol, 23(1): 108-16).

Primers that contain restriction sites for AgeI and MluI were used asspecified in Table 1. The DNA coding sequence of FLT3 was obtained byPCR from cDNA of BM-derived DCs as described in Example 2 and primersthat contain restriction sites for AgeI and XhoI were used. The DNAcoding sequences of the mouse Tlr4, Ccr2, Itgb2, Csf2rb, Ccr1, Ccr5,Cxcr4, Selplg receptors were obtained by PCR from cDNA of peritonealmacrophages as described in Example 2 and primers that containrestriction sites for for AgeI, XmaI, MluI and SalI were used.

TABLE 1 Gene name Forward primer Reverse Primer dLNGFRAAAAAACCGGTCTTCTGGGGGTGTCCCTTG AAAAAACGCGTAGTTAGCCTCCCCCAT(SEQ ID NO: 7) CTCC (SEQ ID NO: 8) Flt3 AAAAAACCGGTCCAGGCCCCTTCCCTTTCAAAAAACTCGAGAGAGGCGAGGCTAATC TC (SEQ ID NO: 9) TTGG (SEQ ID NO: 10) Tlr4AAAAAACCGGTCAGCTGTATTCCCTCAGC AAAAAGTCGACTGGGTTTAGGCCCCAGACT (SEQ ID NO: 11) AGTT (SEQ ID NO: 12) Ccr2AAAAAACCGGTATGGAAGACAATAATATG AAAAAACGCGTATGTACAAACTGCTCCTTACCTC (SEQ ID NO: 13) CTCC (SEQ ID NO: 14) Itgb2AAAAAACCGGTAATGCACGGCTGGTAGAG AAAAAACGCGTGGGGGTCACATCTGCTTG (SEQ ID NO: 15) TGAT (SEQ ID NO: 16) Csf2rbAAAAAACCGGTACTCAGAAGATGGCTTAC AAAAAACGCGTTGGTGAGATTGGGAGGTCATTCA (SEQ ID NO: 17) AGAC (SEQ ID NO: 18) Ccr1AAAAAACCGGTACTCCATGCCAAAAGACT AAAAAACGCGTACCTTCCTTGGTTGACGCT (SEQ ID NO: 19) ACCTATG (SEQ ID NO: 20) Ccr5AAAAAACCGGTATGTCAGCACCCTGCCAA AAAAAACGCGTCATTCCTACTCCCAAGAAA (SEQ ID NO: 21) CTGCAT (SEQ ID NO: 22) Cxcr4AAAAACCCGGGTTCCGGGATGAAAACGTC AAAAAACGCGTTGCATAAGTGTTAGCTCA (SEQ ID NO: 23) GGAGTG (SEQ ID NO: 24) SelplgAAAAAACCGGTATTGCCACCACTGACCCT AAAAAACGCGTGCAAAGGTCTCGCTTA AGGTG (SEQ ID NO: 26) (SEQ ID NO: 25)

The synthetic DNA sequence encoding for CHA21 was inserted in an LVcontaining the spleen forming focus virus (SFFV) promoter and the WPREstabilizing sequence (Squadrito et al., 2012, Cell Rep, 1(2): 141-54).To this aim, the plasmid containing CHA21 with BamHI and XhoI, and theplasmid containing the SFFV.miR-511-3p.OFP.WPRE (Squadrito et al., 2012,supra), were digested with BamHI and SalI. The IC, TM and EC domains ofthe selected receptors were then inserted by digesting the PCR productsindicated above with the restriction enzymes present in thecorresponding primers.

In order to trace EVIR expression, the resulting SFFV.EVIR.WPRE sequencewas cloned into a bidirectional LV (Amendola et al., 2005, supra) byreplacing the hPGK.dLNGFR cassette with the SFFV.EVIR cassette withEcoRV and AvrII restriction sites. In this bidirectional LV, the GFP isexpressed under the transcriptional control of the minimalcytomegalovirus promoter (mCMV).

Total RNA obtained from either bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs)or peritoneal macrophages was isolated by using the miRNeasy RNA kit(Qiagen) as indicated by the manufacturer. cDNA was then obtained byusing Vilo reverse transcriptase (Life Technologies) as indicated by themanufacture. cDNA or plasmids were then amplified by PCR using the Pfuultra II (Agilent Technologies) polymerase as indicated by themanufacture. Primers are described above. PCR was run in SensoQuest GmbHlabcycler and purified using High Pure PCR product purification kit(Roche). After running the amplicons in 1% agarose gel, they wereextracted using Jetquick gel extraction spin kit (Genomed). MiniPrepwere performed using NucleoSpin Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel).

To express the EVIRs, a bidirectional lentiviral vector (LV) was usedthat was expressing a GFP sequence in antisense orientation, under thetranscriptional control of a minimal cytomegalovirus (mCMV) promoter,and the anti-HER2 EVIR in sense orientation, under the transcriptionalcontrol of the spleen focus forming virus (SFFV) promoter (FIG. 1). Theresulting LVs were identified and named according to the intracellularcomponent of the EVIR (being the extracellular domain, CHA21, constant),as follows: EVIR-N (dLNGFR-CHA21), EVIR-G (FcγRIIIa-CHA21), EVIR-F(FLT3-CHA21), EVIR-T (TLR4-CHA2), EVIR-C2 (CCR2-CHA21), EVIR-I(ITGB2-CHA21), EVIR-C (CSF2RB-CHA21), EVIR-C1 (CCR1-CHA21), EVIR-C5(CCR5-CHA21), EVIR-CX (CXCR4-CHA21), EVIR-S (SELPLG-CHA21).

Example 2 Expression and Stability of an Anti-HER2 EVIRs

The stability and expression profile of EVIRs in different cells wastested.

Immortalized murine bone marrow (BM) derived macrophages (iBMM) weredescribed previously (Squadrito et al., 2014, Cell Rep., 8(5):1432-46).

Briefly, the cells were obtained by transducing mouse BM cells with a LVexpressing the proto-oncogene SV40 large T-antigen. iBMMs were culturedin macrophage serum free medium (SFM medium, Life Technologies),supplemented with macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF, 50ng/ml). iBMMs were then cultured in Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium(IMDM, Sigma-Aldrich), supplemented with M-CSF (50 ng/ml), 20% fetalbovine serum (FBS, EuroClone Group), 5.5 mL L-glutamine (LifeTechnologies) and 5.5 ml penicillin-streptomycin (Life Technologies).

Murine monocytes cell line (P388D1) and colon carcinoma cell line (MC38)were cultured in IMDM supplemented with 10% FBS, glutamine andpenicillin-streptomycin, as described above.

Peritoneal macrophages (PMs), bone marrow derived dendritic cells(BMDCs) and bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDM) were isolated from5-6 weeks BL6C57 mice.

PMs were obtained by flushing the peritoneum of euthanized mice withphosphate-buffered saline (PBS). Cells were then seeded in plates withIMDM supplemented with M-CSF (50 ng/ml), after 1 h non-adherent cellswere discarded. BMDMs and BMDCs were obtained by flashing femurs andtibias with PBS. BM cells were then cultured for 8 days in IMDM orRoswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) medium respectively supplementedwith M-CSF (50 ng Preprotech) for the BMDMs or GM-CSF (100 ng,Preprotech) for the BMDCs.

Lentiviral Vector Production by Transfection of 293T Cells and CellTransduction

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-pseudotyped, third-generationlentiviruses were produced by transient four-plasmid co-transfectioninto human embryonic kidney cells (293T) as described previously (DePalma et al., 2002, Methods in enzymology, 346: 514-529). Briefly, 9million 293T cells were seeded in a 15 cm dish 24 h before transfectionin 20 ml of medium. 2 h before transfection, medium was changed. Perplate, the plasmid DNA mix was prepared with envelope ENV plasmid(VSV-G, 9 μg), pMDLg/pRRE plasmid (12.5 μg), REV plasmid (6.25 μg),pADVANTAGE (15 μg) and transfer plasmid (32 μg). 125 μl of 2.5M CaCl₂were added to the plasmid mix and 0.1 TE/dH20 (2:1) was used to have afinal volume of 1125 μl. While vortexing at full speed this solution,1125 μl of 2× HBS solution (pH 7.12) was added drop-wise. The final HBSand plasmid solution was rapidly transferred on the cells. The mediumwas changed 12-14 h later and 16 ml of fresh media was added per dish.The cell supernatant was collected and filtered (0.22 μm) 30 hours afterand concentrated by ultracentrifugation using a Beckman ultracentrifugeequipped with a SW31Ti rotor, at 22′000 rpm for 2 h, at 20° C. Reagentcompositions were as follows: 2× HBS (281 mM NaCl, 100 mM of4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES buffer), 1.5mM Na₂HPO₄), 0.1× TE buffer (10 mM Tris (pH 8.0), 1 mM EDTA (pH 8.0)diluted 1:10 with distilled H₂O). The stocks of LVs were kept at −80° C.

LVs (all expressing fluorescent proteins) were titered cells bydilutions ranging from 10-3 to 10-7 on 100′000 293T cells seeded in a6-well plate the day before transduction. The percentage of positivecells was measured by flow cytometry 4-7 days after transduction.

The titer was calculated applying the formula: TU/ml=‘number ofcells’*‘percentage positive cells’/100/‘dilution’. The ‘percentagepositive cells’ used in the formula was always the lowest dilution witha value lower than 15%. 293T, P388D1 and iBMMs were transduced with LVdoses ranging from 10⁶ to 10⁷ transducing units (TU)/ml. In experimentswith double transduction (HER2-expressing LV and mCherry-expressing LVfor instance), sequential transduction was performed i) transducing thecells with HER2-expressing LV, ii) washing and replating the cells andiii) transducing the cells with mCherry-expressing LV) 5-7 days afterthe first transduction.

Immunofluorescence Analysis of iBMMs

EVIR/Control-transduced iBMMs were seeded in a glass cover slide coatedwith fibronectin (200 μg/ml, Peprotech). The day after the medium wasremoved, the cells were washed 3 times for 1 min with PBS. iBMMs werethen fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) for 15 min at room temperaturein the dark. After removing the PFA, 3 washes with PBS for 1 min wereperformed. The cells were then incubated for 30 min in blocking solution(0.1% Triton and 10% normal goat serum (NGS) in PBS). Then, a stainingsolution containing an anti-F(ab′)2 antibody conjugated with Alexa Fluor647 (Jackson ImmunoResearch) was prepared in blocking solution. 200 μlof staining solution were added per well for 4 h. The staining solutionwas removed and the slides were washed with PBS 3× for 3 min.Phalloidin-Alexa Fluor 546 (Life Technologies) in blocking solution wasadded for 20 min. Then slides were washed 3× with PBS and finally4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) was added for 10 min and washed 5×for 3 min. DAKO mounting medium was added and samples were driedovernight at RT. Images were acquired by confocal microscopy (Zeiss LSM700 INVERT).

Flow Cytometry Analysis

After transduction and cell culture, cells were detached by trypsin andstained with the appropriate antibodies before flow cytrometry analysis.

To validate the expression of EVIR-N, human kidney cells (293T cells),immortalized bone-marrow macrophages (iBMMs) and monocytes (P388D1cells) were transduced with the EVIR-N LV or, as a control LV, abidirectional LV that expresses GFP and dLNGFR (without theextracellular scFv domain). To measure EVIR-N expression, transducedcells were stained with an anti-F(ab′)2 antibody, which recognizes thescFv domain of the EVIR. A robust surface expression of EVIR-N in allcell types was observed (FIG. 2).

Immunofluorescence staining analysis of iBMMs confirmed robust EVIR-Nexpression at the cell surface (FIG. 3B).

The stability of EVIR-N-expressing monocytes/iBMMs over an extendedperiod of time (5 weeks post-transduction) was analysed. GFP expression,which is indicative of the persistence of transduced cells, was stablein both P388D1 and iBMMs cells during the 5-week time window (FIG. 4).

Additional EVIRs (as listed above) featuring a repertoire of distinctproteinic domains comprising transmembrane and intracellular signalingdomains were tested. To investigate whether anti-HER2 EVIRs can beexpressed in a sustained manner, we transduced iBMMs and P388D1monocytes were transduced with the various GFP/EVIR and the controlGFP/dLNGFR LVs. Flow cytometry showed heterogeneous expression of thedifferent EVIRs at the cellular membrane, which was dependent on theEVIR or cell type tested (FIG. 3A). Whereas EVIR-N was robustlyexpressed by either cell type, other EVIRs, such as EVIR-C, EVIR-CX andEVIR-I, were expressed less efficiently. Some EVIRs displayeddifferential expression among the two cell types, e.g., EVIR-G washighly expressed in P388D1 cells but much less so in iBMMs.Immunofluorescence analysis of iBMMs transduced with EVIR-N, EVIR-G,EVIR-T or control LVs further indicated that these EVIRs were detectablyexpressed, albeit to varying levels (FIG. 3B). The stability ofEVIR-expression over an extended period of time (5 weekspost-transduction) was investigated. For most EVIRs, GFP expression wasstable in the iBMM and P388D1 cell lines during the 5-week time window(FIG. 4). It is noted that a good expression of EVIRs is achieved whenat least 1% of population of any cell type, preferentially monocytes,macrophage or dendritic cell (DC) expresses EVIRs and when thisexpression is detectable for a few weeks post-transduction.

Together, these results indicate that LVs can be used to stably expressthe anti-HER2 EVIRs on membranes of several cell types, includingmonocyte and macrophage-lineage cells.

Example 3 Anti-HER2 EVIRs Enhance Monocyte/Macrophage Binding to CancerCells

EVIRs expression in cells on binding to monocytes/macrophages wastested.

Binding Assay in Co-Culture

Turquoise fluorescent protein (mTq) positive MC38 either expressing HER2were obtained by transducing mTq⁻ MC38 with a HER2 expressing LV, whichwas obtained by substituting the GFP coding sequence of a PGK. GFP LV asdescribed in Amendola et al., 2005 (Nat biotechnol, 23(1): 108-16) witha HER2 coding sequence as described in Leto et al., 2015 (Clin CancerRes. 21(24):5519-31). mTq+ MC38, HER2 transduced or untransduced, weredetached according to standard protocol and seeded in 24-well plates(Corning Costar), 20,000 cells/well. After 24 h, iBMMs, transduced witheither mCherry or GFP (EVIR)-expressing LVs, were detached according tostandard protocols. 20,000 mCherry+ and GFP+ cells were mixed to a 1:1ratio approx. and seeded on top of the mTq+ MC38 cells. After 24 h ofco-culture, both cell types were detached with trypsin, stained with7-AAD and analyzed by flow cytometry (LSRII, BD).

Binding Assay in Suspension

P388D1 transduced with either control or EVIR-N LVs and mCherry MC38(transduced with HER2-LV or UT) were detached and washed according tostandard protocol and re-suspended in IMDM to a concentration of 5′000cells/μl in a final volume of 30 μl. In a 0.5 ml tube (Eppendorf), thecells were mixed at different ratios (1:10, 1:1 and 10:1) and put on arotating wheel for 3 hours at 20 rpm. The mix of cells was kept at 4° C.in the dark to avoid internalization of the receptors and fluorescencesquelching. After the incubation time, 30 μl 7-AAD 2× was added and cellsuspensions were analyzed by flow cytometry (LSRII, BD).

It was tested whether EVIR-N expression facilitates monocyte/macrophagebinding to HER2-expressing cancer cells. To this aim, colon cancer MC38cells were transduced with a turquoise fluorescent protein(mTq)-expressing LV, with or without a HER2-expressing LV.

Double-transduced MC38 cells, hereon termed HER2⁺mTq⁺ MC38 cells, were69% HER2/mTq double-positive, whereas control mTq+ MC38 cells were 79%mTq-positive. In parallel, iBMMs were transduced with either EVIR-N/GFPor mCherry-expressing LVs (hereon termed EVIR⁺ GFP⁺ and mCherry+ iBMMs,respectively). The transduction efficiency of iBMMs was 78% and 97% forthe EVIR-N/GFP and mCherry-expressing LVs, respectively. Next, a mixedpopulation of EVIR-N GFP⁺ and mCherry⁺ iBMMs (1:1) with either HER2⁺mTq⁺ or mTq⁺ MC38 cells at high density was co-cultured. In this assay,the presence of mTq+ GFP+ or mTq+mCherry+ double-positive cells isindicative of binding/aggregation between iBMMs and MC38 cancer cells.It was found that EVIR-N⁺GFP⁺ iBMMs could bind efficiently to HER2⁻mTq⁺MC38 cells. The occurrence of mTq⁺GFP⁺ events was only present whenEVIR-N-expressing iBMMs and HER2⁺ MC38 cancer cells were present in theco-culture (FIG. 5A). Conversely, mCherry+ iBMMs did not bind to eithermTq⁺ or HER2⁺mTq⁺ MC38 cells, indicating that macrophages bind MC38cancer cells specifically through the anti-HER2 EVIR-N. Furthermore,EVIR-N⁺GFP⁺ iBMMs did not bind to HER2-negative MC38 cells, indicatingthat binding occurs only when HER2 is expressed on the surface of thecancer cells. Retro-gating of the mTq⁺GFP⁺ double-positive events showedthat they fell in the non-singlet cell region of the physical parameterplot, thus proving binding/aggregation and excluding cell phagocytosisas a source of double fluorescence.

Next, it was investigated whether EVIR-N-expressing P388D1 cells couldrapidly bind to HER2⁺ MC38 cells also in a cell suspension assay. Tothis aim, first HER2⁻ or HER2⁻ MC38 cells were transduced with an LVexpressing mCherry. Next, P388D1 cells were transduced with the EVIR-Nor control LV (which both express GFP). Several days after transductionmCheery⁺ MC38 cells either expressing HER2 or not, were co-incubatedwith the GFP+ P388D1 cells, either expressing EVIR-N or dLNGFR, for 2 hat 4° C. to avoid phagocytosis or nonspecific binding. In agreement withdata obtained with iBMMs in co-culture, it was found that expression ofthe EVIR-N greatly enhanced the binding of P388D1 cells to HER2-positivecancer cells, both at low and high monocyte concentration (FIG. 5B).Confocal analysis of the cells reveled that most of the double-positiveevents measured by flow cytometry were indeed aggregates containing bothcell types.

Next, the co-culture experiments were performed to assay the binding ofEVIR-expressing iBMMs to HER2-expressing MC38 cells, as described above.It was found that EVIR⁺GFP⁺ iBMMs could efficiently bind to HER2+mTq+MC38 cells, in particular when EVIR-N, EVIR-C2, EVIR-F, EVIR-C1 orEVIR-C5 were used (FIG. 5A).

These results show that anti-HER2 EVIRs expressed bymonocytes/macrophages promote their binding to HER2-cancer cells.

Example 4 Anti-HER2 EVIRs Enhance Tumor Antigen Uptake Via EVInternalization

Next it was tested if anti-HER2 EVIRs expressed by monocytes,macrophages or other APCs, could specifically enhance the uptake oftumor-associated antigens (TAAs) contained in cancer-cell derivedextracellular vesicles (EVs), independent of contact with cancer cells.

EV Purification, Measurement, and Cell Treatment

Five million HER2⁺/UT mCherry⁺ MC38 cells or HER2⁺/UT ovalbumin (OVA)⁺MC38 were seeded in 15 cm plates in 16 ml of IMDM medium supplementedwith 10% FBS (LifeTechnologies) previously ultracentrifuged for 16 h at4° C. at 28,000 rpm in a Beckman ultracentrifuge equipped with a SW32Tirotor. After 72 h medium was collected, debris were discarded by threesteps differential centrifugation at 500 g for 5 min, 2000 g for 5 minand finally 4600 g×20 min. Supernatants were then ultracentrifuged asdescribed above, but for 1 to 10 h. Pellets were re-suspended in 80 μlof PBS for 36 ml medium. EVs were then diluted 1:1000 in PBS andquantified by using a NanoSight apparatus (Malvern Instrument) using thestandard protocol. Concentration of EVs ranged from 0.8×10⁷ to 6×10⁹particles/μl.

In experiments to measure mCherry transfer, 20,000 iBMMs or BMDCs perwell were seeded in 24 wells plate (Corning) in 500 μl their respectiveculture medium. 2×10⁹ EV-particles/500 μl were then added to the cellsin the medium. After incubation (ranging from 5 min to 48 h) cells wereanalysed by flow cytometry (LSRII, BD). In experiments to measuremCherry by immunofluorescence, iBMMs were seeded as described in themethods and treated with 1×10⁹ EV-particles/250 μl. In experiments thatmeasure EV uptake at increasing EV concentrations, BMDCs were seeded inflat-bottom 96 well plates (10,000 cells/200 μl medium/well) and treatedwith 0.8×10⁷, 4×10⁷, 2×10⁸, 1×10⁹, 3×10⁹, or 6×10⁹ mCherry⁺ EVs.

It is increasingly appreciated that cancer cells release EVs,encompassing exosomes or microvesicles, which may contain immunogenicTAAs (Zeelenberget al., 2011, Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md.:1950), 187: 1281-1288). Based on the ability of the anti-HER2 EVIR-N tobind efficiently to HER2-positive cancer cells, it was hypothesized thatEVIR-N-expressing APCs would also bind to cancer cell-derived EVs,internalize them, and present EV-derived TAAs. EVs released frommCheery⁺, HER2-positive or negative MC38 cells were isolated. Nanosightanalysis using a NS3000 device (Malvern) confirmed the presence of EVs(diameter: 100-400 nm, mean ˜150 nm) in medium conditioned by MC38cells.

Furthermore, flow cytometry analysis of the EVs showed well detectableexpression of HER2 in EVs derived from HER2⁺ MC38 cells (FIG. 6A). NextEVIR-N⁺GFP⁻ iBMMs were treated with matched amounts of EVs isolated fromHER2⁺mCheery⁺ or HER2 mCheery⁺ MC38 cells. Twenty-four hours aftertreatment, the EVIR-N⁺GFP⁺ iBMMs displayed higher mCherry meanfluorescence intensity (MFI) when they had been exposed to HER2⁺mCheery⁺MC38 cell-derived EVs as compared to HER2⁻mCheery⁺ EVs (FIG. 6B). It wasalso found that EVIR-N-expressing iBMMs did uptake HER2+mCheery+ MC38cell-derived EVs more rapidly than control (EVIR-N⁻) iBMMs, withoutevidence for saturation within 48 hours (FIG. 6C). In order toinvestigate whether the EVs were internalized or remained associatedwith the iBMM's cell surface, the EV-treated iBMMs were analyzed byconfocal microscopy.

It was found that the mCherry signal largely co-localized with the cellcytoplasm, indicating internalization of HER2+ EVs by theEVIR-N-expressing iBMMs (FIG. 6D). Of note, EV internalization was alsoobserved in co-culture experiments using mTq+ MC38 cells.

Next, it was investigated whether EVIR-N could enhance theinternalization of cancer cell-derived EVs by dendritic cells (DCs).BMDCs were transduced with either the EVIR-N or the control LV. Thetransduced BMDCs were then treated with EVs isolated from eithermCheery⁺HER2⁺ or mCheery⁺HER2⁻ MC38 cells. In agreement with findings iniBMMs, EVIR-N⁺ BMDCs internalized greater amounts of cancer-cell derivedHER2⁺ EVs than control cells (FIG. 6E), across a broad range of EV doses(FIG. 6F). Furthermore, other EVIR-expressing iBMMs internalized EVsderived from HER2⁺mCheery⁺ MC38 cells more rapidly than EVs derived fromcontrol HER⁻mCheery⁻ MC38 cells, in particular when the EVIR-N, EVIR-C5and EVIR-S were used (FIG. 7).

Taken together, these results indicate that anti-HER2 EVIRs enhance theuptake of cancer-cell derived EVs by macrophages or DCs.

Example 5 Anti-HER2 EVIRs Enhance TAA Presentation by APCs

It was tested whether enhanced EV internalization by EVIR-N-expressingDCs was associated with increased presentation of an unrelated TAA.

OT-I T Cell Proliferation Assay

OT-I CD8⁺ T cells were obtained from OT-I TCR transgenic mouse line,which produces MHC class I-restricted, ovalbumin-specific, CD8⁺ T cells(OT-I cells) (Hogquist, et al., 1994, supra). CD8⁺ OT-I T cells werepurified from spleens obtained from OT-I BL6/C57 mice.

First, we depleted CD11c⁺ cells by using an automatic MACS-separatorwith anti-CD11c microbeads (Miltenyi biotech). Subsequently, wepositively selected CD8⁺ T cells using anti-CD8 microbeads (Miltenyibiotech). OT-I CD8⁺ T cells were stained with Cell Tracer-violet (LifeTechnologies) following the manufacturer's instructions. 2×10⁵ purifiedOT-I T cells were co-cultured in flat-bottom 96-well plate together with2×10⁴ EVIR/Control-transduced BMDCs. EVs isolated from OVA MC38 cellstransduced with HER2 or UT were added to the wells together with BMDCsand T cells at day zero and kept for 3 days. In the pre-incubationexperiments BMDCs were incubated for 24 h with the EVs isolated fromMC38 cells, then washed with PBS and added to the OT-I T cells.Proliferation of CD8 T cells was measured at day 3 by flow cytometry(LSRII, BD) gating on CD8⁺ CD11b⁻7AAD⁻ T cells. Used antibodies were asfollows: goat anti-F(ab′)2-Alexa Fluor 647 (Jackson ImmunoResearch),anti-HER2-Alexa Fluor 647 (BioLegend, 24B2), anti-CD8-PE (BioLegend,53-6.7), anti-CD11b-APC-Cy7 (BioLegend, M1/70), anti-Fc(BD, 2.4G2). Inthe experiments to measure OT-I CD8 T cell proliferation, 8×10⁹/mlEV-particles were added to the BMDCs or BMDCs+T cells as described inthe methods of Example 4. In experiments that measure OT-I CD8 T cellproliferation at different concentrations of EVs, the EVs were added asdescribed in Example 4.

MC38 cells expressing OVA were transduced with a HER2-expressing LV. Inparallel, CD8⁺ T cells from OT-I mice were isolated, which express anMHCI-restricted, anti-OVA TCR. HER2⁺OVA⁺ EVs isolated from MC38 wereco-cultured for 72 h in the presence of, (i) GFP⁺ BMDCs, eitherexpressing EVIR-N or dLNGFR and (ii) cell tracer-stained OT-I CD8⁺ Tcells. Remarkably, significantly greater T cell proliferation wasobserved when the OT-I T cells were co-cultured together withEVIR-N-expressing BMDCs and HER2⁻OVA⁺ EVs, compared to other co-cultureconditions (FIG. 8A).

In order to understand whether EVIR-N+ BMDCs acquire the OVA antigenfrom cancer cell-derived EVs, the following cells were co-cultured for72 h (i) GFP+ BMDCs, either expressing EVIR-N or dLNGFR, pretreated withHER2⁺OVA⁺ EVs, and (ii) tracer-stained OT-I CD8+ T cells. Greater OT-ICD8⁺ T-cell proliferation in the presence of pretreated-EVIR-N⁺ BMDMs,compared to other conditions was observed (FIG. 8B). Remarkably, OT-ICD8+ T-cell proliferation was not observed when OT-I CD8+ T cells weretreated with HER2+OVA+ EVs in the absence of BMDCs, or when OT-I CD8+ Tcells were co-cultured with GFP⁺ BMDCs, either expressing EVIR-N ordLNGFR (FIG. 8C). Furthermore, EVIR-expressing BMDCs stimulated OT-ICD8⁺ T proliferation was observed also when low EV doses were employedin a dose-response assay (FIG. 8D).

These results indicate that EVIR-N expression by DCs and BMDCs greatlyenhances their ability to uptake, process, and present to T-cells,EV-associated TAAs.

Example 6 EVIR-N2 and EVIR-N1 Enhance EV Uptake by APCs and PromoteCancer-Specific T Cell Proliferation

Further EVIRs directed against two distinct melanoma-specific surfaceantigens, DG2 and TYRP1 were designed. An EVIR-N2 was designed, which isspecific to the ganglioside GD2 expressed on melanoma cells. GD2 hasbeen previously employed as a target of melanoma immunotherapy, forexample, for the design of GD2-specific CAR-T cells (Yvon et al., ClinCancer Res. 2009, 15(18):5852-60). Next, an EVIR-N1 was designed, whichis specific to the melanoma antigen TYRP1 expressed on melanoma cells(Saenger et al., 2008, Cancer Res, 68(23); 9884-91). It was testedwhether EVIR-N1 and EVIR-N2 enhance EV uptake by APCs and promotecancer-specific T cell proliferation.

Cloning Design of EVIR-N1 and EVIR-N2

Mouse-optimized TA99 scFv (SEQ ID NO: 111; anti-TYRP1) andmouse-optimized 14G2a scFv (SEQ ID NO: 112; anti-GD2) coding DNAsequences were obtained from GeneArt® (LifeTechnologies). For both scFvsequences, a coding DNA sequence of IgK signal domain (SEQ ID NO: 109for EVIR-N1 and SEQ ID NO: 110 for EVIR-N2) was incorporated to increasethe export of the chimeric receptor to the cell membrane. A linkersequence containing a high efficiency Kozak sequence and restrictionsites (SEQ ID NO: 3) was incorporated at the 5′ end of the EVIR codingsequence. A restriction enzyme site for AgeI was incorporated at the3′end of the scFv sequence for cloning (in frame with the rest of theDNA sequence) the transmembrane and intracellular domains of the EVIR.The IgK-anti-HER2 scFv CHA21 sequence was then replaced in the EVIR-Nlentiviral with the IgK-anti-TYRP1 scFv TA99 or the IgK-anti-GD2 scFv14G2a sequences, respectively and the DNA coding sequences from thetruncated human nerve growth factor receptor (dLNGFR, SEQ ID NO: 43), asdescribed in Example 1, was used in both constructs.

Preparation of TYRP1⁺ Cells and GD2⁺ Cells

TYRP1⁺ B16 were obtained by transducing B16 cells (murine melanoma tumorcell line) with a mouse TYRP1-expressing LV. TYRP1 sequence was obtainedby PCR using cDNA from B16 cells as template and the specific primers(TYRP1 Fw of SEQ ID NO: 134 and TYRP1 Rv of SEQ ID NO: 135). GD2⁻mCherry⁺ MC38 cells were obtained by transducing mCherry⁻ MC38 cellswith LVs expressing B4GALNT1(Beta-1,4-N-Acetyl-Galactosaminyltransferase 1, GD2 synthase) andST8SIA1 (ST8 Alpha-N-Acetyl-Neuraminide Alpha-2,8-Sialyltransferase 1,GD3 synthase), enzymes involved in GD2 synthesis (Dall'Olio et al.,2014, Biochim Biophys Acta, 1840(9):2752-64). Mouse optimized GD2 andGD3 synthase DNA sequences were obtained from GeneArt®(LifeTechnologies). EVs derived from GD2⁺ mCherry⁻ MC38 and TYRP1⁺ B16were obtained as described in the Example 4.

Measurements and cell treatment as described in the Example 4.

OT-I T cell proliferation assay as described in the Example 5.

As shown in FIG. 9A-B, the GD2 and TYRP1-specific EVIRs (EVIR-N2 andEVIR-N1, respectively) enhanced the uptake by engineered iBMMs of EVsexpressing the respective bait antigens since EVIR-N2⁺ and EVIR-N1⁺iBMMs internalized greater amounts of cancer-cell derived GD2⁻ EVs andTYRP1⁺ EVs than control cells (FIG. 9A, B). Furthermore, BMDCsengineered to express an EVIR-N1 increased the proliferation of OT-ICD8⁺ T cells when co-incubated with EVs obtained from OVA⁺TYRP1⁻melanoma cells (OVA⁺TYRP1⁺ B16), compared to BMDCs engineered to expressa control EVIR (FIG. 9C).

These data indicate that EVIRs can be designed against a variety ofsurface antigens expressed by cancer cells, including melanoma cells.

Example 7 EVIRs can be Co-Delivered to APCs Along with APC-StimulatingFactors

The co-expression of EVIRS with APC-stimulating factors has been testedas follows.

The DNA coding sequences of the APC-stimulating factors: Cxcl9 (SEQ IDNO: 117), Csf2 (SEQ ID NO: 120) and IFNγ (SEQ ID NO: 123) were obtainedby PCR from cDNA of peritoneal macrophages as described in Example 2,and primers that contain restriction sites for XmaI, Sal and NheI wereused (Table 2). The DNA-coding sequence for Lin28 (SEQ ID NO: 126) wasobtained by PCR from cDNA from mouse trophoblasts (Baer et al., 2016,supra), and primers that contain restriction sites for XmaI, Sal andNheI were used (Table 2).

The DNA-coding sequence for CD40 (SEQ ID NO: 127) was obtained fromGeneArt® (LifeTechnologies). The DNA coding sequences of theseAPC-stimulating factors were then cloned under the transcriptionalcontrol of a minimal CMV promoter by replacing the GFP coding sequencein the bidirectional LV (Amendola et al., 2005, supra) described in theExample 1.

EV purification, measurement, and cell treatment as described in theExample 4.

Measurement of EVIR expression as described in the Example 2.

Flow cytometry analysis of expression of surface molecules CD86 and CCR7as described in Example 2.

TABLE 2 Gene name Forward primer Reverse Primer Cxcl9AAAACCCGGGTCACTCCAACACAGT AAAAAGTCGACGCTAGCCAGGGTGCTTGTTG GACTC GTAAAGT(SEQ ID NO: 115) (SEQ ID NO: 116) Csf2 AAAAACCCGGGCAGAGAGAAAGGCTAAAAAAGTCGACGCTAGCAGTCTGAGAAGCTG AGGTCC GATT (SEQ ID NO: 118)(SEQ ID NO: 119) IFNγ AAAAACCCGGGAGTTCTGGGCTTCTCCAAAAAGTCGACGCTAGCGACAATCTCTTCCC TCCT CACCCC (SEQ ID NO: 121)(SEQ ID NO: 122) Lin28 AAAAAGGATCCCTTTGCCTCCGGACTTAAAAAGTCGACAAAGACAGGGTGACACTGG CTCTGG GA (SEQ ID NO: 125)(SEQ ID NO: 124)

As shown in FIG. 10A-B, the co-expression of proteins that potentiateAPC differentiation, activation, and presentation, and/or T-cellrecruitment, did not compromise the expression of the EVIR or itsability to promote EV uptake in BMDCs. Further (FIG. 10C-D), it wasfound that the co-transduction of LIN28, a protein that blocks Let-7miRNA activity, increased the expression in the BMDCs of surfacemolecules indicative of APC activation, e.g., CD86 (cluster ofdifferentiation 86) and CCR7 (C—C chemokine receptor type 7).

Together, these data indicate that the co-delivery of accessory proteinsalong with the EVIR not only does not impair their EV-internalizingactivity, but can also help enhance APC functions.

Example 8 EVIRs can Promote the Transfer of MHC-Antigen Complexes fromthe Cancer Cells to the APCs

Potential EVIR-mediated transfer of MHCI-antigen complexes from cancercells to APCs was tested as follows.

Disruption of MHCI Expression in Cancer Cells

In order to disrupt B2m and abrogate MHCI expression in cancer cells, wegenerated a self-inducible LV based on the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Weobtained a TetO-CAS9 LV also expressing a reverse tTA (rtTA) and aselection marker (puromycin). This LV was further modified to include aU6 promoter-driven anti-B2m single guide RNA (sgRNA) sequence (SEQ IDNO: 136), which was cloned upstream to the TetO-CAS9 expression cassetteto obtain the doxycycline-self-inducible LV:U6-sgRNA.TetO-CAS9.Pgk-PURO/2A/rtTA LV.

B2M-deficient EVs were obtained by transducing HER2⁺OVA⁺MC38 cancercells with the above LV. Transduced HER2⁺OVA⁺MC38 cells were cultured ina cell medium containing puromycin (2 μg/ml) and doxycycline (10 μg/ml)for 3 days, in order to activate the CRISPR/Cas9 system and select aclonal population of cells with disrupted B2m gene (FIG. 11A). EVs werethen purified as described in the Example 4.

In the experiment, the BMDCs were isolated from the BM of B2M^(−/−)mice, which lack the ability of presenting MHCI/antigen complexes(Koller et al., 1990, Science, 248(4960):1227-30). The MHCI-deficientB2M⁻ BMDCs were then transduced with either a control EVIR or an EVIR-Nand assayed in T-cell proliferation assays as those described in Example5.

Under specific experimental conditions whereby the APCs are geneticallymodified to lack the ability of cross-presenting, the direct transfer ofMHC complexes from cancer cell-derived EVs to EVIR-expressing APCs wassufficient to promote T-cell proliferation (FIG. 11B).

The co-incubation of the MHCI-deficient BMDCs and OT-I T cells withOVA+HER2+ EVs led to increased T cell proliferation in the presence ofthe EVIR-N (versus control EVIR), suggesting enhanced MHCIcross-dressing (FIG. 11B, top panels). On the other hand, disruption ofB2M in the cancer cells using the LV described above(U6-sgRNA.TetO-CAS9.Pgk-PURO/2A/rtTA) completely blocked cross-dressingfrom purified EVs, proving the specificity of this phenomenon (FIG. 11B,bottom panels).

These results support that direct transfer of MHC complexes from cancercell-derived EVs to EVIR-expressing APCs may be sufficient to promoteT-cell proliferation in the absence of endogenous MHCI in the APCs.

Example 9 EVIR-Engineered APCs Inhibit Tumor Growth in Mice

The action of EVIR was tested in in vivo with EVIR-N DC-basedvaccination experiment.

The DCs were obtained from the BM of syngenic mice, transduced with LVs,and activated with LPS (lipopolysaccharides, 10 ng/ml) prior to theirinoculation (two sequential DC doses of 10⁷ cells, one week apart) inmice carrying small, established tumors (n=4 in no DCs, 7 in CTRL-DCsand 9 in EVIR DCs mice/group).

It was found that the subcutaneous, peri-tumoral deployment of EVIR-Ntransduced DCs inhibited the growth of MC38-HER2 tumors, compared tocontrol EVIR-transduced DCs (FIG. 12). Although the controlEVIR-transduced DCs also delayed tumor growth, the EVIR-N-transduced DCssignificantly improved tumor control, demonstrating the superioranti-tumoral activity of the EVIR engineered DCs.

Those data demonstrate that EVIR-engineered APCs can enhance inhibitionof tumour growth in vivo.

Sequence listing Nucleic acid sequence of anti-HER2 scFv CHA21SEQ ID NO: 1:GGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGC Nucleic acid sequence of IgK domain SEQ ID NO: 2:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGNucleic acid sequence of S5_BamHI_Kozak SEQ ID NO: 3: GGATCCGCCACCNucleic acid sequence of S3_BamHI_AgeI_MluI_SalI_stop_XhoISEQ ID NO: 4: ACCGGTACGCGTGTCGACTGACTCGAGNucleic acid sequence of S5_FCgRIIIa_BamHI_Kozak.start_AgeISEQ ID NO: 5: GGATCCGCCACCATGACCGGTNucleic acid sequence of S3_FCgRIIIa_MluI_SalI_stop_XhoISEQ ID NO: 6: ACGCGTGTCGACTGACTCGAGNucleic acid sequence of dLNGFR_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 7: AAAAAACCGGTCTTCTGGGGGTGTCCCTTGNucleic acid sequence of dLNGFR_Rv_MluISEQ ID NO: 8: AAAAAACGCGTAGTTAGCCTCCCCCATCTCCNucleic acid sequence of FLT3_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 9: AAAAAACCGGTCCAGGCCCCTTCCCTTTCATCNucleic acid sequence of FLT3_Rv_XhoISEQ ID NO: 10: AAAAACTCGAGAGAGGCGAGGCTAATCTTGGNucleic acid sequence of T1r4_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 11: AAAAAACCGGTCAGCTGTATTCCCTCAGCACTNucleic acid sequence of Tlr4_Rv_SalISEQ ID NO: 12: AAAAAGTCGACTGGGTTTAGGCCCCAGAGTTNucleic acid sequence of Ccr2_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 13: AAAAAACCGGTATGGAAGACAATAATATGTTACCTCNucleic acid sequence of Ccr2_Rv_MluISEQ ID NO: 14: AAAAAACGCGTATGTACAAACTGCTCCCTCCNucleic acid sequence of Itgb2_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 15: AAAAAACCGGTAATGCACGGCTGGTAGAGTGNucleic acid sequence of Itgb2_Rv_MluISEQ ID NO: 16: AAAAAACGCGTGGGGGTCACATCTGCTTGATNucleic acid sequence of Csf2rb_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 17: AAAAAACCGGTACTCAGAAGATGGCTTACTCATTCANucleic acid sequence of Csf2rb_Rv_MluISEQ ID NO: 18: AAAAAACGCGTTGGTGAGATTGGGAGGAGACNucleic acid sequence of Ccr1_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 19: AAAAAACCGGTACTCCATGCCAAAAGACTGCTNucleic acid sequence of Ccr1_Rv_MluISEQ ID NO: 20: AAAAAACGCGTACCTTCCTTGGTTGACACCTATGNucleic acid sequence of Ccr5_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 21: AAAAAACCGGTATGTCAGCACCCTGCCAAAAANucleic acid sequence of Ccr5_Rv_MluISEQ ID NO: 22: AAAAAACGCGTCATTCCTACTCCCAAGCTGCATNucleic acid sequence of Cxcr4_Fw_XmaISEQ ID NO: 23: AAAAACCCGGGTTCCGGGATGAAAACGTCCANucleic acid sequence of Cxcr4_Rv_MluISEQ ID NO: 24: AAAAAACGCGTTGCATAAGTGTTAGCTGGAGTGNucleic acid sequence of Selplg_Fw_AgeISEQ ID NO: 25: AAAAAACCGGTATTGCCACCACTGACCCTANucleic acid sequence of Selplg_Rv_MluISEQ ID NO: 26: AAAAAACGCGTGCAAAGGTCTCGCTTAGGTGAmino acid sequence of anti-HER2 CHA21 SEQ ID NO: 27:DIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSAmino acid sequence of anti-HER2 trastuzumab-based scFv- SEQ ID NO: 28:DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQDVNTAVAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYSASFLYSGVPSRFSGSRSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQHYTTPPTFGQGTKVEIKRTGSTSGSGKPGSGEGSEVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFNIKDTYIHWVRQAPGKGLEWVARTYPTNGYTRYADSVKGRFTISADTSKNTAYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCSRWGGDGFYAMDVWGQGTLVTVSSGTGTRXAmino acid sequence of anti-HER2 pertuzumab-based scFv- SEQ ID NO: 29:DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKASQDVSIGVAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYSASYRYTGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQYYIYPYTFGQGTKVEIKRTVAAPGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFTDYTMDWVRQAPGKGLEWVADVNPNSGGSIYNQRFKGRFTLSVDRSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARNLGPSFYFDYWAmino acid sequence of anti-HER2 FRP5-based scFv SEQ ID NO: 30:QVQLQQSGPELKKPGETVKISCKASGYPFTNYGMNWVKQAPGQGLKWMGWINTSTGESTFADDFKGRFDFSLETSANTAYLQINNLKSEDMATYFCARWEVYHGYVPYWGQGTTVTVSSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSDIQLTQSHKFLSTSVGDRVSITCKASQDVYNAVAWYQQKPGQSPKLLIYSASSRYTGVPSRFTGSGSGPDFTFTISSVQAEDLAVYFCQQHFRTPFTFGSGTKLEIKRXAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from dLNGFRSEQ ID NO: 31:LLGVSLGGAKEACPTGLYTHSGECCKACNLGEGVAQPCGANQTVCEPCLDSVTFSDVVSATEPCKPCTECVGLQSMSAPCVEADDAVCRCAYGYYQDETTGRCEACRVCEAGSGLVFSCQDKQNTVCEECPDGTYSDEANHVDPCLPCTVCEDTERQLRECTRWADAECEEIPGRWITRSTPPEGSDSTAPSTQEPEAPPEQDLIASTVAGVVTTVMGSSQPVVTRGTTDNLIPVYCSILAAVVVGLVAYIAFKRWNRGILAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from FcγRIIIASEQ ID NO: 32:HENSELLIPKATHNDSGSYFCRGLIGHNNKSSASFRISLGDPGSPSMFPPWHQITFCLLIGLLFAIDTVLYFSVRRGLQSPVADYEEPKIQWSKEPQDKTRVDAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from FLT3 SEQ ID NO: 33:PGPFPFIQDNISFYATIGLCLPFIVVLIVLICHKYKKQFRYESQLQMIQVTGPLDNEYFYVDFRDYEYDLKWEFPRENLEFGKVLGSGAFGRVMNATAYGISKTGVSIQVAVKMLKEKADSCEKEALMSELKMMTHLGHHDNIVNLLGACTLSGPVYLIFEYCCYGDLLNYLRSKREKFHRTWTEIFKEHNFSFYPTFQAHSNSSMPGSREVQLHPPLDQLSGFNGNLIHSEDEIEYENQKRLAEEEEEDLNVLTFEDLLCFAYQVAKGMEFLEFKSCVHRDLAARNVLVTHGKVVKICDFGLARDILSDSSYVVRGNARLPVKWMAPESLFEGIYTIKSDVWSYGILLWEIFSLGVNPYPGIPVDANFYKLIQSGFKMEQPFYATEGIYFVMQSCWAFDSRKRPSFPNLTSFLGCQLAEAEEAMYQNMGGNVPEHPSIYQNRRPLSREAGSEPPSPQAQVKIHGERSAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from TLR4 SEQ ID NO: 34:QLYSLSTLDCSFNRIETSKGILQHFPKSLAFFNLTNNSVACICEHQKFLQWVKEQKQFLVNVEQMTCATPVEMNTSLVLDFNNSTCYMYKTIISVSVVSVIVVSTVAFLIYHFYFHLILIAGCKKYSRGESIYDAFVIYSSQNEDWVRNELVKNLEEGVPRFHLCLHYRDFIPGVAIAANIIQEGFHKSRKVIVVVSRHFIQSRWCIFEYEIAQTWQFLSSRSGIIFIVLEKVEKSLLRQQVELYRLLSRNTYLEWEDNPLGRHIFWRRLKNALLDGKASNPEQTAEEEQETATWTAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CCR2 SEQ ID NO: 35:MEDNNMLPQFIHGILSTSHSLFTRSIQELDEGATTPYDYDDGEPCHKTSVKQIGAWILPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVIIILIGCKKLKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLLFLLTLPFWAHYAANEWVFGNIMCKVFTGLYHIGYFGGIFFIILLTIDRYLAIVHAVFALKARTVTFGVITSVVTWVVAVFASLPGIIFTKSKQDDHHYTCGPYFTQLWKNFQTIMRNILSLILPLLVMVICYSGILHTLFRCRNEKKRHRAVRLIFAIMIVYFLFWTPYNIVLFLTTFQESLGMSNCVIDKHLDQAMQVTETLGMTHCCINPVIYAFVGEKFRRYLSIFFRKHIAKRLCKQCPVFYRETADRVSSTFTPSTGEQEVSVGLAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from ITGB2SEQ ID NO: 36:NARLVECSGRGHCQCNRCICDEGYQPPMCEDCPSCGSHCRDNHTSCAECLKFDKGPFEKNCSVQCAGMTLQTIPLKKKPCKERDSEGCWITYTLQQKDGRNIYNIHVEDSLECVKGPNVAAIVGGTVVGVVLIGVLLLVIWKALTHLTDLREYRRFEKEKLKSQWNNDNPLFKSATTTVMNPKFAESAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CSF2RBSEQ ID NO: 37:TQKMAYSFIEHTFQVQYKKKSDSWEDSKTENLDRAHSMDLSQLEPDTSYCARVRVKPISNYDGIWSKWSEEYTWKTDWVMPTLWIVLILVFLILTLLLILRFGCVSVYRTYRKWKEKIPNPSKSLLFQDGGKGLWPPGSMAAFATKNPALQGPQSRLLAEQQGESYAHLEDNNVSPLTIEDPNIIRVPPSGPDTTPAASSESTEQLPNVQVEGPTPNRPRKQLPSFDFNGPYLGPPQSHSLPDLPDQLGSPQVGGSLKPALPGSLEYMCLPPGGQAQLVPLSQVMGQGQAMDVQCGSSLETSGSPSVEPKENPPVELSMEEQEARDNPVTLPISSGGPEGSMMASDYVTPGDPVLTLPTGPLSTSLGPSLGLPSAQSPRLCLKLPRVPSGSPALGPPGFEDYVELPPSVSQAAKSPPGHPAPPVASSPTVIPGEPREEVGPASPHPEGLLVLQQVGDYCFLPGLGPGSLSPHSKPPSPSLCSETEDLVQDLSVKKFPYQPMPQAPAIQFFKSLKHQDYLSLPPWDNSQSGKVCAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CCR1 SEQ ID NO: 38:TPCQKTAVRAFGAGLLPPLYSLVFIIGVVGNVLVILVLMQHRRLQSMTSIYLFNLAVSDLVFLFTLPFWIDYKLKDDWIFGDAMCKLLSGFYYLGLYSEIFFIILLTIDRYLAIVHAVFALRARTVTFGIITSIITWALAILASMPALYFFKAQWEFTHRTCSPHFPYKSLKQWKRFQALKLNLLGLILPLLVMIICYAGIIRILLRRPSEKKVKAVRLIFAITLLFFLLWTPYNLSVFVSAFQDVLFTNQCEQSKQLDLAMQVTEVIAYTHCCVNPIIYVFVGERFWKYLRQLFQRHVAIPLAKWLPFLSVDQLERTSSISPSTGEHELSAGFAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CCR5 SEQ ID NO: 39:MSAPCQKINVKQIAAQLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMMVFLILISCKKLKSVTDIYLLNLAISDLLFLLTLPFWAHYAANEWVFGNIMCKVFTGLYHIGYFGGIFFIILLTIDRYLAIVHAVFALKVRTVNFGVITSVVTWAVAVFASLPEIIFTRSQKEGFHYTCSPHFPHTQYHFWKSFQTLKMVILSLILPLLVMVICYSGILHTLFRCRNEKKRHRAVRLIFAIMIVYFLFWTPYNIVLLLTTFQEFFGLNNCSSSNRLDQAMQATETLGMTHCCLNPVIYAFVGEKFRSYLSVFFRKHIVKRFCKRCSIFQQDNPDRASSVYTRSTGEHEVSTGLAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CXCR4SEQ ID NO: 40:FRDENVHFNRIFLPTIYFIIFLTGIVGNGLVILVMGYQKKLRSMTDKYRLHLSVADLLFVITLPFWAVDAMADWYFGKFLCKAVHIIYTVNLYSSVLILAFISLDRYLAIVHATNSQRPRKLLAEKAVYVGVWIPALLLTIPDFIFADVSQGDISQGDDRYICDRLYPDSLWMVVFQFQHIMVGLVLPGIVILSCYCIIISKLSHSKGHQKRKALKTTVILILAFFACWLPYYVGISIDSFILLGVIKQGCDFESIVHKWISITEALAFFHCCLNPILYAFLGAKFKSSAQHALNSMSRGSSLKILSKGKRGGHSSVSTESESSSFHSSAmino acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from SELPLGSEQ ID NO: 41:IATTDPTAPGTGGTAVGMLSTDSATQWSLTSVETVQPASTEVETSQPAPMEAETSQPAPMEAETSQPAPMEADTSKPAPTEAETSKPAPTEAETSQPAPNEAETSKPAPTEAETSKPAPTEAETTQLPRIQAVKTLFTTSAATEVPSTEPTTMETASTESNESTIFLGPSVTHLPDSGLKKGLIVTPGNSPAPTLPGSSDLIPVKQCLLIILILASLATIFLVCTVVLAVRLSRKTHMYPVRNYSPTEMICISSLLPEGGDGAPVTANGGLPKVQDLKTEPSGDRDGDDLTLHSFLP Amino acid sequence of IgK domainSEQ ID NO: 42: MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGNucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from dLNGFRSEQ ID NO: 43:CTTCTGGGGGTGTCCCTTGGAGGTGCCAAGGAGGCATGCCCCACAGGCCTGTACACACACAGCGGTGAGTGCTGCAAAGCCTGCAACCTGGGCGAGGGTGTGGCCCAGCCTTGTGGAGCCAACCAGACCGTGTGTGAGCCCTGCCTGGACAGCGTGACGTTCTCCGACGTGGTGAGCGCGACCGAGCCGTGCAAGCCGTGCACCGAGTGCGTGGGGCTCCAGAGCATGTCGGCGCCGTGCGTGGAGGCCGACGACGCCGTGTGCCGCTGCGCCTACGGCTACTACCAGGATGAGACGACTGGGCGCTGCGAGGCGTGCCGCGTGTGCGAGGCGGGCTCGGGCCTCGTGTTCTCCTGCCAGGACAAGCAGAACACCGTGTGCGAGGAGTGCCCCGACGGCACGTATTCCGACGAGGCCAACCACGTGGACCCGTGCCTGCCCTGCACCGTGTGCGAGGACACCGAGCGCCAGCTCCGCGAGTGCACACGCTGGGCCGACGCCGAGTGCGAGGAGATCCCTGGCCGTTGGATTACACGGTCCACACCCCCAGAGGGCTCGGACAGCACAGCCCCCAGCACCCAGGAGCCTGAGGCACCTCCAGAACAAGACCTCATAGCCAGCACGGTGGCAGGTGTGGTGACCACAGTGATGGGCAGCTCCCAGCCCGTGGTGACCCGAGGCACCACCGACAACCTCATCCCTGTCTATTGCTCCATCCTGGCTGCTGTGGTTGTGGGCCTTGTGGCCTACATAGCCTTCAAGAGGTGGAACAGGGGGATCCTCTAGNucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from FcγRIIIASEQ ID NO: 44:CACGAGAACTCCGAACTGCTGATTCCTAAGGCAACTCACAACGACTCCGGCTCCTATTTCTGTAGAGGGCTGATTGGACATAACAACAAGAGCTCCGCCTCATTCAGGATTAGCCTGGGCGACCCAGGGTCTCCCAGTATGTTCCCCCCTTGGCACCAGATCACCTTTTGCCTGCTGATTGGACTGCTGTTCGCTATCGATACAGTGCTGTACTTTTCTGTCCGGAGAGGCCTGCAGTCACCCGTGGCAGATTACGAAGAACCCAAGATTCAGTGGAGCAAGGAGCCCCAGGATAAGACGCGTGTCGACTGANucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from FLT3SEQ ID NO: 45:CCAGGCCCCTTCCCTTTCATCCAAGACAACATCTCCTTCTATGCGACCATTGGGCTCTGTCTCCCCTTCATTGTTGTTCTCATTGTGTTGATCTGCCACAAATACAAAAAGCAATTTAGGTACGAGAGTCAGCTGCAGATGATCCAGGTGACTGGCCCCCTGGATAACGAGTACTTCTACGTTGACTTCAGGGACTATGAATATGACCTTAAGTGGGAGTTCCCGAGAGAGAACTTAGAGTTTGGGAAGGTCCTGGGGTCTGGCGCTTTCGGGAGGGTGATGAACGCCACGGCCTATGGCATTAGTAAAACGGGAGTCTCAATTCAGGTGGCGGTGAAGATGCTAAAAGAGAAAGCTGACAGCTGTGAAAAAGAAGCTCTCATGTCGGAGCTCAAAATGATGACCCACCTGGGACACCATGACAACATCGTGAATCTGCTGGGGGCATGCACACTGTCAGGGCCAGTGTACTTGATTTTTGAATATTGTTGCTATGGTGACCTCCTCAACTACCTAAGAAGTAAAAGAGAGAAGTTTCACAGGACATGGACAGAGATTTTTAAGGAACATAATTTCAGTTTTTACCCTACTTTCCAGGCACATTCAAATTCCAGCATGCCTGGTTCACGAGAAGTTCAGTTACACCCGCCCTTGGATCAGCTCTCAGGGTTCAATGGGAATTTAATTCATTCTGAAGATGAGATTGAATATGAAAACCAGAAGAGGCTGGCAGAAGAAGAGGAGGAAGATTTGAACGTGCTGACGTTTGAAGACCTCCTTTGCTTTGCGTACCAAGTGGCCAAAGGCATGGAATTCCTGGAGTTCAAGTCGTGTGTCCACAGAGACCTGGCAGCCAGGAATGTGTTGGTCACCCACGGGAAGGTGGTGAAGATCTGTGACTTTGGACTGGCCCGAGACATCCTGAGCGACTCCAGCTACGTCGTCAGGGGCAACGCACGGCTGCCGGTGAAGTGGATGGCACCTGAGAGCTTATTTGAAGGGATCTACACAATCAAGAGTGACGTCTGGTCCTACGGCATCCTTCTCTGGGAGATATTTTCACTGGGTGTGAACCCTTACCCTGGCATTCCTGTCGACGCTAACTTCTATAAACTGATTCAGAGTGGATTTAAAATGGAGCAGCCATTCTATGCCACAGAAGGGATATACTTTGTAATGCAATCCTGCTGGGCTTTTGACTCAAGGAAGCGGCCATCCTTCCCCAACCTGACTTCATTTTTAGGATGTCAGCTGGCAGAGGCAGAAGAAGCGATGTATCAGAACATGGGTGGCAACGTCCCAGAACATCCATCCATCTACCAAAACAGGCGGCCCCTCAGCAGAGAGGCAGGCTCAGAGCCGCCATCGCCACAGGCCCAGGTGAAGATTCACGGAGAAAGAAGTTAGNucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from TLR4SEQ ID NO: 46:CAGCTGTATTCCCTCAGCACTCTTGATTGCAGTTTCAATCGCATAGAGACATCTAAAGGAATACTGCAACATTTTCCAAAGAGTCTAGCCTTCTTCAATCTTACTAACAATTCTGTTGCTTGTATATGTGAACATCAGAAATTCCTGCAGTGGGTCAAGGAACAGAAGCAGTTCTTGGTGAATGTTGAACAAATGACATGTGCAACACCTGTAGAGATGAATACCTCCTTAGTGTTGGATTTTAATAATTCTACCTGTTATATGTACAAGACAATCATCAGTGTGTCAGTGGTCAGTGTGATTGTGGTATCCACTGTAGCATTTCTGATATACCACTTCTATTTTCACCTGATACTTATTGCTGGCTGTAAAAAGTACAGCAGAGGAGAAAGCATCTATGATGCATTTGTGATCTACTCGAGTCAGAATGAGGACTGGGTGAGAAATGAGCTGGTAAAGAATTTAGAAGAAGGAGTGCCCCGCTTTCACCTCTGCCTTCACTACAGAGACTTTATTCCTGGTGTAGCCATTGCTGCCAACATCATCCAGGAAGGCTTCCACAAGAGCCGGAAGGTTATTGTGGTAGTGTCTAGACACTTTATTCAGAGCCGTTGGTGTATCTTTGAATATGAGATTGCTCAAACATGGCAGTTTCTGAGCAGCCGCTCTGGCATCATCTTCATTGTCCTTGAGAAGGTTGAGAAGTCCCTGCTGAGGCAGCAGGTGGAATTGTATCGCCTTCTTAGCAGAAACACCTACCTGGAATGGGAGGACAATCCTCTGGGGAGGCACATCTTCTGGAGAAGACTTAAAAATGCCCTATTGGATGGAAAAGCCTCGAATCCTGAGCAAACAGCAGAGGAAGAACAAGAAACGGCAACTTGGACCTGA Nucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CCR2SEQ ID NO: 47:ATGGAAGACAATAATATGTTACCTCAGTTCATCCATGGCATACTATCAACATCTCATTCTCTATTTACACGAAGTATCCAAGAGCTTGATGAAGGGGCCACCACACCGTATGACTACGATGATGGTGAGCCTTGTCATAAAACCAGTGTGAAGCAAATTGGAGCTTGGATCCTGCCTCCACTCTACTCCCTGGTATTCATCTTTGGTTTTGTGGGCAACATGTTGGTCATTATAATTCTGATAGGCTGTAAAAAGCTGAAGAGCATGACTGATATCTATCTGCTCAACCTGGCCATCTCTGACCTGCTCTTCCTGCTCACATTACCATTCTGGGCTCACTATGCTGCAAATGAGTGGGTCTTTGGGAATATAATGTGTAAAGTATTCACAGGGCTCTATCACATTGGTTATTTTGGTGGAATCTTTTTCATTATCCTCCTGACAATTGATAGGTACTTGGCTATTGTTCATGCTGTGTTTGCTTTAAAAGCCAGGACAGTTACCTTTGGGGTGATAACAAGTGTAGTCACTTGGGTGGTGGCTGTGTTTGCCTCTCTACCAGGAATCATATTTACTAAATCCAAACAAGATGATCACCATTACACCTGTGGCCCTTATTTTACACAACTATGGAAGAATTTCCAAACAATAATGAGAAATATCTTGAGCCTGATCCTGCCTCTACTTGTCATGGTCATCTGCTACTCAGGAATTCTCCACACCCTGTTTCGCTGTAGGAATGAGAAGAAGAGGCACAGGGCTGTGAGGCTCATCTTTGCCATCATGATTGTCTACTTTCTCTTCTGGACTCCATACAATATTGTTCTCTTCTTGACCACCTTCCAGGAATCCTTGGGAATGAGTAACTGTGTGATTGACAAGCACTTAGACCAGGCCATGCAGGTGACAGAGACTCTTGGAATGACACACTGCTGCATTAATCCTGTCATTTATGCCTTTGTTGGAGAGAAGTTCCGAAGGTATCTCTCCATATTTTTCAGAAAGCACATTGCTAAACGTCTCTGCAAACAGTGCCCAGTTTTCTATAGGGAGACAGCAGATCGAGTGAGCTCTACATTCACTCCTTCCACTGGGGAGCAAGAGGTCTCGGTTGGGTTGTAANucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from ITGB2SEQ ID NO: 48:AATGCACGGCTGGTAGAGTGCAGTGGCCGTGGCCACTGCCAATGCAACAGGTGCATATGTGACGAAGGCTACCAGCCACCGATGTGTGAGGATTGTCCCAGCTGTGGCTCGCACTGCAGGGACAACCACACCTCTTGTGCCGAGTGCCTGAAGTTTGATAAGGGCCCTTTTGAGAAGAACTGTAGTGTTCAGTGTGCTGGTATGACGCTGCAGACTATCCCTTTGAAGAAAAAGCCCTGCAAGGAGAGGGACTCGGAAGGCTGTTGGATAACTTACACTTTGCAGCAGAAGGACGGAAGGAACATTTACAACATCCATGTGGAGGACAGTCTAGAGTGTGTGAAGGGCCCCAATGTGGCTGCCATCGTAGGGGGCACCGTGGTAGGTGTCGTACTGATTGGTGTCCTCCTCCTGGTCATCTGGAAGGCCCTGACCCACCTGACTGACCTCAGGGAGTACAGGCGCTTTGAGAAGGAGAAACTCAAGTCCCAATGGAACAATGACAACCCCCTCTTCAAGAGTGCTACGACAACGGTCATGAACCCCAAGTTTGCTGAAAGCTAGNucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CSF2RBSEQ ID NO: 49:ACTCAGAAGATGGCTTACTCATTCATTGAGCACACATTCCAGGTCCAGTACAAGAAGAAATCGGACAGCTGGGAGGACAGCAAGACAGAGAACCTAGATCGAGCCCATAGCATGGACCTCTCCCAGCTGGAGCCAGACACCTCATACTGCGCCAGGGTGAGGGTCAAGCCCATCTCTAACTACGATGGGATCTGGAGCAAGTGGAGCGAAGAGTACACTTGGAAGACTGACTGGGTGATGCCCACGCTGTGGATAGTCCTCATCCTGGTCTTTCTCATCCTCACCTTGCTCCTGATCCTTCGCTTTGGCTGTGTCTCTGTATACAGGACGTACAGGAAGTGGAAGGAAAAGATCCCCAACCCCAGCAAGAGCCTCCTGTTCCAGGATGGAGGTAAAGGTCTCTGGCCTCCTGGCAGCATGGCAGCCTTCGCCACTAAGAACCCCGCTCTCCAGGGGCCACAGAGCAGGCTTCTTGCTGAGCAACAGGGGGAGTCATATGCACATTTGGAAGACAACAACGTGTCACCTCTCACTATAGAGGACCCTAATATAATTCGAGTTCCACCATCCGGGCCTGATACAACCCCAGCTGCCTCATCCGAATCCACAGAGCAACTTCCCAATGTTCAAGTAGAGGGACCAACTCCTAACAGACCTAGGAAGCAATTACCCAGCTTTGACTTCAATGGGCCCTACCTGGGGCCTCCCCAATCCCACTCTCTGCCTGATCTCCCAGACCAGCTGGGTTCCCCCCAGGTGGGTGGGAGCCTGAAGCCAGCACTGCCAGGCTCCTTGGAGTACATGTGTCTGCCCCCTGGAGGTCAAGCGCAACTGGTTCCATTGTCCCAGGTGATGGGGCAGGGCCAGGCTATGGATGTGCAGTGTGGGTCCAGCCTGGAGACCTCAGGGAGCCCTTCTGTGGAGCCAAAGGAGAACCCTCCAGTTGAGCTGAGCATGGAGGAACAGGAGGCACGGGACAACCCAGTGACTCTGCCCATAAGCTCTGGGGGCCCTGAGGGCAGTATGATGGCCTCTGATTATGTCACTCCTGGAGATCCGGTGCTCACTCTGCCCACAGGGCCCCTGTCTACCTCTCTGGGCCCCTCTCTAGGGTTGCCCTCAGCCCAAAGCCCCCGTCTCTGTCTTAAGCTGCCCAGGGTCCCCTCTGGAAGCCCAGCTCTAGGGCCACCAGGGTTTGAGGACTATGTGGAGCTGCCTCCAAGTGTGAGCCAGGCTGCCAAGTCCCCTCCAGGCCATCCTGCTCCTCCTGTGGCAAGCAGCCCCACAGTGATCCCAGGAGAGCCCAGGGAGGAAGTGGGCCCAGCATCCCCACATCCCGAAGGCCTCCTTGTTCTTCAGCAGGTTGGGGACTACTGCTTCCTCCCTGGCCTGGGACCTGGCTCCCTCTCACCACACAGTAAGCCACCCTCTCCAAGTCTGTGTTCTGAGACTGAGGACCTAGTCCAGGACTTGTCTGTCAAAAAGTTTCCCTATCAGCCCATGCCCCAGGCGCCAGCCATTCAGTTTTTCAAGTCCCTAAAGCATCAGGACTACCTGTCCCTGCCCCCTTGGGACAATAGCCAGTCTGGGAAGGTGTGCTGANucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CCR1SEQ ID NO: 50:ACTCCATGCCAAAAGACTGCTGTAAGAGCCTTTGGGGCTGGACTCCTGCCCCCCCTGTATTCTCTAGTGTTCATCATTGGAGTGGTGGGCAATGTCCTAGTGATTCTGGTGCTCATGCAGCATAGGAGGCTTCAAAGCATGACCAGCATCTACCTGTTCAACCTGGCTGTCTCTGATCTGGTCTTCCTTTTCACTTTACCTTTCTGGATTGACTACAAGTTGAAAGACGACTGGATTTTTGGTGATGCCATGTGCAAGCTTCTCTCTGGGTTTTATTACCTGGGTTTATACAGTGAGATCTTCTTTATCATCCTGTTGACGATTGACAGATACCTGGCCATTGTCCATGCTGTGTTTGCCCTGAGGGCCCGAACTGTTACTTTTGGCATCATCACCAGTATTATCACCTGGGCCCTAGCCATCTTAGCTTCCATGCCTGCCTTATACTTTTTTAAGGCCCAGTGGGAGTTCACTCACCGTACCTGTAGCCCTCATTTCCCCTACAAGAGCCTGAAGCAGTGGAAGAGGTTTCAAGCTCTAAAGCTAAACCTTCTTGGACTAATTTTGCCTCTGTTAGTCATGATAATCTGCTATGCAGGGATCATCAGAATTCTGCTCAGAAGACCCAGTGAGAAGAAGGTCAAAGCCGTGCGTCTGATATTTGCTATTACTCTTCTATTCTTCCTCCTCTGGACCCCCTACAATCTGAGTGTATTTGTTTCTGCTTTCCAAGATGTTCTATTCACCAATCAGTGTGAGCAGAGTAAGCAACTGGACCTGGCCATGCAGGTGACTGAGGTGATTGCCTACACCCACTGTTGTGTCAACCCAATCATTTATGTTTTTGTGGGTGAACGGTTCTGGAAGTACCTTCGGCAGCTGTTTCAAAGGCATGTGGCTATACCACTGGCAAAATGGCTGCCCTTCCTCTCTGTGGACCAACTAGAAAGGACCAGTTCTATATCTCCATCCACAGGAGAACATGAGCTCTCTGCTGGCTTCTGANucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CCR5SEQ ID NO: 51:ATGTCAGCACCCTGCCAAAAAATCAATGTGAAACAAATTGCGGCTCAGCTCCTGCCCCCACTCTACTCCCTGGTATTCATCTTTGGTTTTGTGGGTAACATGATGGTCTTCCTCATCTTGATAAGCTGCAAAAAGCTGAAGAGCGTGACTGATATCTACCTGCTCAACCTGGCCATCTCTGACCTGCTCTTCCTGCTCACACTACCATTCTGGGCTCACTATGCTGCAAATGAGTGGGTCTTTGGGAACATAATGTGTAAAGTATTCACAGGGCTCTATCACATTGGTTATTTTGGTGGAATCTTCTTCATTATCCTCCTGACAATTGATAGGTACTTGGCTATTGTCCATGCTGTGTTTGCTTTAAAAGTCAGAACGGTCAACTTTGGGGTGATAACAAGTGTAGTCACTTGGGCGGTGGCTGTGTTTGCCTCTCTCCCAGAAATAATCTTTACCAGATCTCAGAAAGAAGGTTTTCATTATACATGCAGTCCTCATTTTCCACACACTCAGTATCATTTCTGGAAGAGTTTCCAAACATTAAAGATGGTCATCTTGAGCCTGATCCTGCCTCTACTTGTCATGGTCATCTGCTACTCAGGAATTCTCCACACCCTGTTTCGCTGTAGGAATGAGAAGAAGAGGCACAGGGCTGTGAGGCTCATCTTTGCCATCATGATTGTCTACTTTCTCTTCTGGACTCCCTACAACATTGTCCTCCTCCTGACCACCTTCCAGGAATTCTTTGGACTGAATAACTGCAGTAGTTCTAATAGACTAGACCAGGCCATGCAGGCAACAGAGACTCTTGGAATGACACACTGCTGCCTAAACCCTGTCATCTATGCCTTTGTTGGAGAGAAGTTCCGGAGTTATCTCTCAGTGTTCTTCCGAAAACACATTGTCAAACGCTTTTGCAAACGGTGTTCAATTTTCCAGCAAGACAATCCTGATCGTGCAAGCTCAGTCTATACCCGATCCACAGGAGAACATGAAGTTTCTACTGGTTTATGANucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from CXCR4SEQ ID NO: 52:TTCCGGGATGAAAACGTCCATTTCAATAGGATCTTCCTGCCCACCATCTACTTCATCATCTTCTTGACTGGCATAGTCGGCAATGGATTGGTGATCCTGGTCATGGGTTACCAGAAGAAGCTAAGGAGCATGACGGACAAGTACCGGCTGCACCTGTCAGTGGCTGACCTCCTCTTTGTCATCACACTCCCCTTCTGGGCAGTTGATGCCATGGCTGACTGGTACTTTGGGAAATTTTTGTGTAAGGCTGTCCATATCATCTACACTGTCAACCTCTACAGCAGCGTTCTCATCCTGGCCTTCATCAGCCTGGACCGGTACCTCGCTATTGTCCACGCCACCAACAGTCAGAGGCCAAGGAAACTGCTGGCTGAAAAGGCAGTCTATGTGGGCGTCTGGATCCCAGCCCTCCTCCTGACTATACCTGACTTCATCTTTGCCGACGTCAGCCAGGGGGACATCAGTCAGGGGGATGACAGGTACATCTGTGACCGCCTTTACCCCGATAGCCTGTGGATGGTGGTGTTTCAATTCCAGCATATAATGGTGGGTCTCGTCCTGCCCGGCATCGTCATCCTCTCCTGTTACTGCATCATCATCTCTAAGCTGTCACACTCCAAGGGCCACCAGAAGCGCAAGGCCCTCAAGACGACAGTCATCCTCATCCTAGCTTTCTTTGCCTGCTGGCTGCCATATTATGTGGGGATCAGCATCGACTCCTTCATCCTTTTGGGGGTCATCAAGCAAGGATGTGACTTCGAGAGCATCGTGCACAAGTGGATCTCCATCACAGAGGCCCTCGCCTTCTTCCACTGTTGCCTGAACCCCATCCTCTATGCCTTCCTCGGGGCCAAGTTCAAAAGCTCTGCCCAGCATGCACTCAACTCCATGAGCAGAGGCTCCAGCCTCAAGATCCTTTCCAAAGGAAAGCGGGGTGGACACTCTTCCGTCTCCACGGAGTCAGAATCCTCCAGTTTTCACTCCAGCTAANucleic acid sequence of proteinic domain derived from SELPLGSEQ ID NO: 53:ATTGCCACCACTGACCCTACTGCCCCAGGTACAGGAGGGACAGCTGTTGGGATGCTGAGCACAGACTCTGCCACACAGTGGAGTCTAACCTCAGTAGAGACCGTCCAACCAGCATCCACAGAGGTAGAGACCTCGCAGCCAGCACCCATGGAGGCAGAGACCTCGCAGCCAGCACCCATGGAGGCAGAGACCTCGCAGCCAGCACCCATGGAGGCAGACACCTCAAAGCCAGCACCCACGGAGGCAGAGACCTCAAAGCCAGCACCCACGGAGGCAGAGACCTCTCAGCCAGCACCCAACGAGGCAGAGACCTCAAAACCAGCACCCACGGAGGCAGAGACCTCAAAACCAGCACCCACGGAGGCAGAGACCACCCAGCTTCCCAGGATTCAGGCTGTAAAAACTCTGTTTACAACGTCTGCAGCCACCGAAGTCCCTTCCACAGAACCTACCACCATGGAGACGGCGTCCACAGAGTCTAACGAGTCTACCATCTTCCTTGGGCCATCCGTGACTCACTTACCTGACAGCGGCCTGAAGAAAGGGCTGATTGTGACCCCTGGGAATTCACCTGCCCCAACCCTGCCAGGGAGTTCAGATCTCATCCCGGTGAAGCAATGTCTGCTGATTATCCTCATCTTGGCTTCTCTGGCCACCATCTTCCTCGTGTGCACAGTGGTGCTGGCGGTCCGTCTGTCCCGTAAGACCCACATGTACCCAGTGCGGAACTACTCCCCCACGGAGATGATCTGCATCTCGTCCCTGCTACCTGAGGGGGGAGACGGGGCCCCTGTCACAGCCAATGGGGGCCTGCCCAAGGTCCAGGACCTGAAGACAGAGCCCAGTGGGGACCGGGATGGGGACGACCTCACCCTGCACAGCTTCCTCCCTTAG Amino acid sequence of EVIR-N SEQ ID NO: 54:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGLLGVSLGGAKEACPTGLYTHSGECCKACNLGEGVAQPCGANQTVCEPCLDSVTFSDVVSATEPCKPCTECVGLQSMSAPCVEADDAVCRCAYGYYQDETTGRCEACRVCEAGSGLVFSCQDKQNTVCEECPDGTYSDEANHVDPCLPCTVCEDTERQLRECTRWADAECEEIPGRWITRSTPPEGSDSTAPSTQEPEAPPEQDLIASTVAGVVTTVMGSSQPVVTRGTTDNLIPVYCSILAAVVVGLVAYIAFKRWNRGILAmino acid sequence of EVIR-G SEQ ID NO: 55:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGHENSELLIPKATHNDSGSYFCRGLIGHNNKSSASFRISLGDPGSPSMFPPWHQITFCLLIGLLFAIDTVLYFSVRRGLQSPVADYEEPKIQWSKEPQDKTRVD Amino acid sequence of EVIR-FSEQ ID NO: 56:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGPGPFPFIQDNISFYATIGLCLPFIVVLIVLICHKYKKQFRYESQLQMIQVTGPLDNEYFYVDFRDYEYDLKWEFPRENLEFGKVLGSGAFGRVMNATAYGISKTGVSIQVAVKMLKEKADSCEKEALMSELKMMTHLGHHDNIVNLLGACTLSGPVYLIFEYCCYGDLLNYLRSKREKFHRTWTEIFKEHNFSFYPTFQAHSNSSMPGSREVQLHPPLDQLSGFNGNLIHSEDEIEYENQKRLAEEEEEDLNVLTFEDLLCFAYQVAKGMEFLEFKSCVHRDLAARNVLVTHGKVVKICDFGLARDILSDSSYVVRGNARLPVKWMAPESLFEGIYTIKSDVWSYGILLWEIFSLGVNPYPGIPVDANFYKLIQSGFKMEQPFYATEGIYFVMQSCWAFDSRKRPSFPNLTSFLGCQLAEAEEAMYQNMGGNVPEHPSIYQNRRPLSREAGSEPPSPQAQVKIHGERSAmino acid sequence of EVIR-T SEQ ID NO: 57:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGQLYSLSTLDCSFNRIETSKGILQHFPKSLAFFNLTNNSVACICEHQKFLQWVKEQKQFLVNVEQMTCATPVEMNTSLVLDFNNSTCYMYKTIISVSVVSVIVVSTVAFLIYHFYFHLILIAGCKKYSRGESIYDAFVIYSSQNEDWVRNELVKNLEEGVPRFHLCLHYRDFIPGVAIAANIIQEGFHKSRKVIVVVSRHFIQSRWCIFEYEIAQTWQFLSSRSGIIFIVLEKVEKSLLRQQVELYRLLSRNTYLEWEDNPLGRHIFWRRLKNALLDGKASNPEQTAEEEQETATWT Amino acid sequence of EVIR-C2SEQ ID NO: 58:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGMEDNNMLPQFIHGILSTSHSLFTRSIQELDEGATTPYDYDDGEPCHKTSVKQIGAWILPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVIIILIGCKKLKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLLFLLTLPFWAHYAANEWVFGNIMCKVFTGLYHIGYFGGIFFIILLTIDRYLAIVHAVFALKARTVTFGVITSVVTWVVAVFASLPGIIFTKSKQDDHHYTCGPYFTQLWKNFQTIMRNILSLILPLLVMVICYSGILHTLFRCRNEKKRHRAVRLIFAIMIVYFLFWTPYNIVLFLTTFQESLGMSNCVIDKHLDQAMQVTETLGMTHCCINPVIYAFVGEKFRRYLSIFFRKHIAKRLCKQCPVFYRETADRVSSTFTPSTGEQEVSVGL Amino acid sequence of EVIR-ISEQ ID NO: 59:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGNARLVECSGRGHCQCNRCICDEGYQPPMCEDCPSCGSHCRDNHTSCAECLKFDKGPFEKNCSVQCAGMTLQTIPLKKKPCKERDSEGCWITYTLQQKDGRNIYNIHVEDSLECVKGPNVAAIVGGTVVGVVLIGVLLLVIWKALTHLTDLREYRRFEKEKLKSQWNNDNPLFKSATTTVMNPKFAESAmino acid sequence of EVIR-C SEQ ID NO: 60:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGTQKMAYSFIEHTFQVQYKKKSDSWEDSKTENLDRAHSMDLSQLEPDTSYCARVRVKPISNYDGIWSKWSEEYTWKTDWVMPTLWIVLILVFLILTLLLILRFGCVSVYRTYRKWKEKIPNPSKSLLFQDGGKGLWPPGSMAAFATKNPALQGPQSRLLAEQQGESYAHLEDNNVSPLTIEDPNIIRVPPSGPDTTPAASSESTEQLPNVQVEGPTPNRPRKQLPSFDFNGPYLGPPQSHSLPDLPDQLGSPQVGGSLKPALPGSLEYMCLPPGGQAQLVPLSQVMGQGQAMDVQCGSSLETSGSPSVEPKENPPVELSMEEQEARDNPVTLPISSGGPEGSMMASDYVTPGDPVLTLPTGPLSTSLGPSLGLPSAQSPRLCLKLPRVPSGSPALGPPGFEDYVELPPSVSQAAKSPPGHPAPPVASSPTVIPGEPREEVGPASPHPEGLLVLQQVGDYCFLPGLGPGSLSPHSKPPSPSLCSETEDLVQDLSVKKFPYQPMPQAPAIQFFKSLKHQDYLSLPPWDNSQSGKVCAmino acid sequence of EVIR-C1 SEQ ID NO: 61:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGTPCQKTAVRAFGAGLLPPLYSLVFIIGVVGNVLVILVLMQHRRLQSMTSIYLFNLAVSDLVFLFTLPFWIDYKLKDDWIFGDAMCKLLSGFYYLGLYSEIFFIILLTIDRYLAIVHAVFALRARTVTFGIITSIITWALAILASMPALYFFKAQWEFTHRTCSPHFPYKSLKQWKRFQALKLNLLGLILPLLVMIICYAGIIRILLRRPSEKKVKAVRLIFAITLLFFLLWTPYNLSVFVSAFQDVLFTNQCEQSKQLDLAMQVTEVIAYTHCCVNPIIYVFVGERFWKYLRQLFQRHVAIPLAKWLPFLSVDQLERTSSISPSTGEHELSAGFAmino acid sequence of EVIR-C5 SEQ ID NO: 62:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGMSAPCQKINVKQIAAQLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMMVFLILISCKKLKSVTDIYLLNLAISDLLFLLTLPFWAHYAANEWVFGNIMCKVFTGLYHIGYFGGIFFIILLTIDRYLAIVHAVFALKVRTVNFGVITSVVTWAVAVFASLPEIIFTRSQKEGFHYTCSPHFPHTQYHFWKSFQTLKMVILSLILPLLVMVICYSGILHTLFRCRNEKKRHRAVRLIFAIMIVYFLFWTPYNIVLLLTTFQEFFGLNNCSSSNRLDQAMQATETLGMTHCCLNPVIYAFVGEKFRSYLSVFFRKHIVKRFCKRCSIFQQDNPDRASSVYTRSTGEHEVS TGLAmino acid sequence of EVIR-CX SEQ ID NO: 63:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGFRDENVHFNRIFLPTIYFIIFLTGIVGNGLVILVMGYQKKLRSMTDKYRLHLSVADLLFVITLPFWAVDAMADWYFGKFLCKAVHIIYTVNLYSSVLILAFISLDRYLAIVHATNSQRPRKLLAEKAVYVGVWIPALLLTIPDFIFADVSQGDISQGDDRYICDRLYPDSLWMVVFQFQHIMVGLVLPGIVILSCYCIIISKLSHSKGHQKRKALKTTVILILAFFACWLPYYVGISIDSFILLGVIKQGCDFESIVHKWISITEALAFFHCCLNPILYAFLGAKFKSSAQHALNSMSRGSSLKILSKGKRGGHSSVSTESESSSFHSSAmino acid sequence of EVIR-S SEQ ID NO: 64:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIVLTQTPSSLPVSVGEKVTMTCKSSQTLLYSNNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQSPKLLISWAFTRKSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTIGSVKAEDLAVYYCQQYSNYPWTFGGGTRLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGPEVVKTGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYFINWVKKNSGKSPEWIGHISSSYATSTYNQKFKNKAAFTVDTSSSTAFMQLNSLTSEDSAVYYCVRSGNYEEYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSTGIATTDPTAPGTGGTAVGMLSTDSATQWSLTSVETVQPASTEVETSQPAPMEAETSQPAPMEAETSQPAPMEADTSKPAPTEAETSKPAPTEAETSQPAPNEAETSKPAPTEAETSKPAPTEAETTQLPRIQAVKTLFTTSAATEVPSTEPTTMETASTESNESTIFLGPSVTHLPDSGLKKGLIVTPGNSPAPTLPGSSDLIPVKQCLLIILILASLATIFLVCTVVLAVRLSRKTHMYPVRNYSPTEMICISSLLPEGGDGAPVTANGGLPKVQDLKTEPSGDRDGDDLTLHSFLP Nucleic acid sequence of EVIR-NSEQ ID NO: 65:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTCTTCTGGGGGTGTCCCTTGGAGGTGCCAAGGAGGCATGCCCCACAGGCCTGTACACACACAGCGGTGAGTGCTGCAAAGCCTGCAACCTGGGCGAGGGTGTGGCCCAGCCTTGTGGAGCCAACCAGACCGTGTGTGAGCCCTGCCTGGACAGCGTGACGTTCTCCGACGTGGTGAGCGCGACCGAGCCGTGCAAGCCGTGCACCGAGTGCGTGGGGCTCCAGAGCATGTCGGCGCCGTGCGTGGAGGCCGACGACGCCGTGTGCCGCTGCGCCTACGGCTACTACCAGGATGAGACGACTGGGCGCTGCGAGGCGTGCCGCGTGTGCGAGGCGGGCTCGGGCCTCGTGTTCTCCTGCCAGGACAAGCAGAACACCGTGTGCGAGGAGTGCCCCGACGGCACGTATTCCGACGAGGCCAACCACGTGGACCCGTGCCTGCCCTGCACCGTGTGCGAGGACACCGAGCGCCAGCTCCGCGAGTGCACACGCTGGGCCGACGCCGAGTGCGAGGAGATCCCTGGCCGTTGGATTACACGGTCCACACCCCCAGAGGGCTCGGACAGCACAGCCCCCAGCACCCAGGAGCCTGAGGCACCTCCAGAACAAGACCTCATAGCCAGCACGGTGGCAGGTGTGGTGACCACAGTGATGGGCAGCTCCCAGCCCGTGGTGACCCGAGGCACCACCGACAACCTCATCCCTGTCTATTGCTCCATCCTGGCTGCTGTGGTTGTGGGCCTTGTGGCCTACATAGCCTTCAAGAGGTGGAACAGGGGGATCCTCTAGNucleic acid sequence of EVIR-G SEQ ID NO: 66:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTCACGAGAACTCCGAACTGCTGATTCCTAAGGCAACTCACAACGACTCCGGCTCCTATTTCTGTAGAGGGCTGATTGGACATAACAACAAGAGCTCCGCCTCATTCAGGATTAGCCTGGGCGACCCAGGGTCTCCCAGTATGTTCCCCCCTTGGCACCAGATCACCTTTTGCCTGCTGATTGGACTGCTGTTCGCTATCGATACAGTGCTGTACTTTTCTGTCCGGAGAGGCCTGCAGTCACCCGTGGCAGATTACGAAGAACCCAAGATTCAGTGGAGCAAGGAGCCCCAGGATAAGACGCGTGTCGACTGANucleic acid sequence of EVIR-F SEQ ID NO: 67:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTCCAGGCCCCTTCCCTTTCATCCAAGACAACATCTCCTTCTATGCGACCATTGGGCTCTGTCTCCCCTTCATTGTTGTTCTCATTGTGTTGATCTGCCACAAATACAAAAAGCAATTTAGGTACGAGAGTCAGCTGCAGATGATCCAGGTGACTGGCCCCCTGGATAACGAGTACTTCTACGTTGACTTCAGGGACTATGAATATGACCTTAAGTGGGAGTTCCCGAGAGAGAACTTAGAGTTTGGGAAGGTCCTGGGGTCTGGCGCTTTCGGGAGGGTGATGAACGCCACGGCCTATGGCATTAGTAAAACGGGAGTCTCAATTCAGGTGGCGGTGAAGATGCTAAAAGAGAAAGCTGACAGCTGTGAAAAAGAAGCTCTCATGTCGGAGCTCAAAATGATGACCCACCTGGGACACCATGACAACATCGTGAATCTGCTGGGGGCATGCACACTGTCAGGGCCAGTGTACTTGATTTTTGAATATTGTTGCTATGGTGACCTCCTCAACTACCTAAGAAGTAAAAGAGAGAAGTTTCACAGGACATGGACAGAGATTTTTAAGGAACATAATTTCAGTTTTTACCCTACTTTCCAGGCACATTCAAATTCCAGCATGCCTGGTTCACGAGAAGTTCAGTTACACCCGCCCTTGGATCAGCTCTCAGGGTTCAATGGGAATTTAATTCATTCTGAAGATGAGATTGAATATGAAAACCAGAAGAGGCTGGCAGAAGAAGAGGAGGAAGATTTGAACGTGCTGACGTTTGAAGACCTCCTTTGCTTTGCGTACCAAGTGGCCAAAGGCATGGAATTCCTGGAGTTCAAGTCGTGTGTCCACAGAGACCTGGCAGCCAGGAATGTGTTGGTCACCCACGGGAAGGTGGTGAAGATCTGTGACTTTGGACTGGCCCGAGACATCCTGAGCGACTCCAGCTACGTCGTCAGGGGCAACGCACGGCTGCCGGTGAAGTGGATGGCACCTGAGAGCTTATTTGAAGGGATCTACACAATCAAGAGTGACGTCTGGTCCTACGGCATCCTTCTCTGGGAGATATTTTCACTGGGTGTGAACCCTTACCCTGGCATTCCTGTCGACGCTAACTTCTATAAACTGATTCAGAGTGGATTTAAAATGGAGCAGCCATTCTATGCCACAGAAGGGATATACTTTGTAATGCAATCCTGCTGGGCTTTTGACTCAAGGAAGCGGCCATCCTTCCCCAACCTGACTTCATTTTTAGGATGTCAGCTGGCAGAGGCAGAAGAAGCGATGTATCAGAACATGGGTGGCAACGTCCCAGAACATCCATCCATCTACCAAAACAGGCGGCCCCTCAGCAGAGAGGCAGGCTCAGAGCCGCCATCGCCACAGGCCCAGGTGAAGATTCACGGAGAAAGAAGTTAGNucleic acid sequence of EVIR-T SEQ ID NO: 68:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTCAGCTGTATTCCCTCAGCACTCTTGATTGCAGTTTCAATCGCATAGAGACATCTAAAGGAATACTGCAACATTTTCCAAAGAGTCTAGCCTTCTTCAATCTTACTAACAATTCTGTTGCTTGTATATGTGAACATCAGAAATTCCTGCAGTGGGTCAAGGAACAGAAGCAGTTCTTGGTGAATGTTGAACAAATGACATGTGCAACACCTGTAGAGATGAATACCTCCTTAGTGTTGGATTTTAATAATTCTACCTGTTATATGTACAAGACAATCATCAGTGTGTCAGTGGTCAGTGTGATTGTGGTATCCACTGTAGCATTTCTGATATACCACTTCTATTTTCACCTGATACTTATTGCTGGCTGTAAAAAGTACAGCAGAGGAGAAAGCATCTATGATGCATTTGTGATCTACTCGAGTCAGAATGAGGACTGGGTGAGAAATGAGCTGGTAAAGAATTTAGAAGAAGGAGTGCCCCGCTTTCACCTCTGCCTTCACTACAGAGACTTTATTCCTGGTGTAGCCATTGCTGCCAACATCATCCAGGAAGGCTTCCACAAGAGCCGGAAGGTTATTGTGGTAGTGTCTAGACACTTTATTCAGAGCCGTTGGTGTATCTTTGAATATGAGATTGCTCAAACATGGCAGTTTCTGAGCAGCCGCTCTGGCATCATCTTCATTGTCCTTGAGAAGGTTGAGAAGTCCCTGCTGAGGCAGCAGGTGGAATTGTATCGCCTTCTTAGCAGAAACACCTACCTGGAATGGGAGGACAATCCTCTGGGGAGGCACATCTTCTGGAGAAGACTTAAAAATGCCCTATTGGATGGAAAAGCCTCGAATCCTGAGCAAACAGCAGAGGAAGAACAAGAAACGGCAACTTGGACCTGA Nucleic acid sequence of EVIR-C2SEQ ID NO: 69:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTATGGAAGACAATAATATGTTACCTCAGTTCATCCATGGCATACTATCAACATCTCATTCTCTATTTACACGAAGTATCCAAGAGCTTGATGAAGGGGCCACCACACCGTATGACTACGATGATGGTGAGCCTTGTCATAAAACCAGTGTGAAGCAAATTGGAGCTTGGATCCTGCCTCCACTCTACTCCCTGGTATTCATCTTTGGTTTTGTGGGCAACATGTTGGTCATTATAATTCTGATAGGCTGTAAAAAGCTGAAGAGCATGACTGATATCTATCTGCTCAACCTGGCCATCTCTGACCTGCTCTTCCTGCTCACATTACCATTCTGGGCTCACTATGCTGCAAATGAGTGGGTCTTTGGGAATATAATGTGTAAAGTATTCACAGGGCTCTATCACATTGGTTATTTTGGTGGAATCTTTTTCATTATCCTCCTGACAATTGATAGGTACTTGGCTATTGTTCATGCTGTGTTTGCTTTAAAAGCCAGGACAGTTACCTTTGGGGTGATAACAAGTGTAGTCACTTGGGTGGTGGCTGTGTTTGCCTCTCTACCAGGAATCATATTTACTAAATCCAAACAAGATGATCACCATTACACCTGTGGCCCTTATTTTACACAACTATGGAAGAATTTCCAAACAATAATGAGAAATATCTTGAGCCTGATCCTGCCTCTACTTGTCATGGTCATCTGCTACTCAGGAATTCTCCACACCCTGTTTCGCTGTAGGAATGAGAAGAAGAGGCACAGGGCTGTGAGGCTCATCTTTGCCATCATGATTGTCTACTTTCTCTTCTGGACTCCATACAATATTGTTCTCTTCTTGACCACCTTCCAGGAATCCTTGGGAATGAGTAACTGTGTGATTGACAAGCACTTAGACCAGGCCATGCAGGTGACAGAGACTCTTGGAATGACACACTGCTGCATTAATCCTGTCATTTATGCCTTTGTTGGAGAGAAGTTCCGAAGGTATCTCTCCATATTTTTCAGAAAGCACATTGCTAAACGTCTCTGCAAACAGTGCCCAGTTTTCTATAGGGAGACAGCAGATCGAGTGAGCTCTACATTCACTCCTTCCACTGGGGAGCAAGAGGTCTCGGTTGGGTTGTAANucleic acid sequence of EVIR-I SEQ ID NO: 70:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTAATGCACGGCTGGTAGAGTGCAGTGGCCGTGGCCACTGCCAATGCAACAGGTGCATATGTGACGAAGGCTACCAGCCACCGATGTGTGAGGATTGTCCCAGCTGTGGCTCGCACTGCAGGGACAACCACACCTCTTGTGCCGAGTGCCTGAAGTTTGATAAGGGCCCTTTTGAGAAGAACTGTAGTGTTCAGTGTGCTGGTATGACGCTGCAGACTATCCCTTTGAAGAAAAAGCCCTGCAAGGAGAGGGACTCGGAAGGCTGTTGGATAACTTACACTTTGCAGCAGAAGGACGGAAGGAACATTTACAACATCCATGTGGAGGACAGTCTAGAGTGTGTGAAGGGCCCCAATGTGGCTGCCATCGTAGGGGGCACCGTGGTAGGTGTCGTACTGATTGGTGTCCTCCTCCTGGTCATCTGGAAGGCCCTGACCCACCTGACTGACCTCAGGGAGTACAGGCGCTTTGAGAAGGAGAAACTCAAGTCCCAATGGAACAATGACAACCCCCTCTTCAAGAGTGCTACGACAACGGTCATGAACCCCAAGTTTGCTGAAAGCTAG Nucleic acid sequence of EVIR-CSEQ ID NO: 71:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTACTCAGAAGATGGCTTACTCATTCATTGAGCACACATTCCAGGTCCAGTACAAGAAGAAATCGGACAGCTGGGAGGACAGCAAGACAGAGAACCTAGATCGAGCCCATAGCATGGACCTCTCCCAGCTGGAGCCAGACACCTCATACTGCGCCAGGGTGAGGGTCAAGCCCATCTCTAACTACGATGGGATCTGGAGCAAGTGGAGCGAAGAGTACACTTGGAAGACTGACTGGGTGATGCCCACGCTGTGGATAGTCCTCATCCTGGTCTTTCTCATCCTCACCTTGCTCCTGATCCTTCGCTTTGGCTGTGTCTCTGTATACAGGACGTACAGGAAGTGGAAGGAAAAGATCCCCAACCCCAGCAAGAGCCTCCTGTTCCAGGATGGAGGTAAAGGTCTCTGGCCTCCTGGCAGCATGGCAGCCTTCGCCACTAAGAACCCCGCTCTCCAGGGGCCACAGAGCAGGCTTCTTGCTGAGCAACAGGGGGAGTCATATGCACATTTGGAAGACAACAACGTGTCACCTCTCACTATAGAGGACCCTAATATAATTCGAGTTCCACCATCCGGGCCTGATACAACCCCAGCTGCCTCATCCGAATCCACAGAGCAACTTCCCAATGTTCAAGTAGAGGGACCAACTCCTAACAGACCTAGGAAGCAATTACCCAGCTTTGACTTCAATGGGCCCTACCTGGGGCCTCCCCAATCCCACTCTCTGCCTGATCTCCCAGACCAGCTGGGTTCCCCCCAGGTGGGTGGGAGCCTGAAGCCAGCACTGCCAGGCTCCTTGGAGTACATGTGTCTGCCCCCTGGAGGTCAAGCGCAACTGGTTCCATTGTCCCAGGTGATGGGGCAGGGCCAGGCTATGGATGTGCAGTGTGGGTCCAGCCTGGAGACCTCAGGGAGCCCTTCTGTGGAGCCAAAGGAGAACCCTCCAGTTGAGCTGAGCATGGAGGAACAGGAGGCACGGGACAACCCAGTGACTCTGCCCATAAGCTCTGGGGGCCCTGAGGGCAGTATGATGGCCTCTGATTATGTCACTCCTGGAGATCCGGTGCTCACTCTGCCCACAGGGCCCCTGTCTACCTCTCTGGGCCCCTCTCTAGGGTTGCCCTCAGCCCAAAGCCCCCGTCTCTGTCTTAAGCTGCCCAGGGTCCCCTCTGGAAGCCCAGCTCTAGGGCCACCAGGGTTTGAGGACTATGTGGAGCTGCCTCCAAGTGTGAGCCAGGCTGCCAAGTCCCCTCCAGGCCATCCTGCTCCTCCTGTGGCAAGCAGCCCCACAGTGATCCCAGGAGAGCCCAGGGAGGAAGTGGGCCCAGCATCCCCACATCCCGAAGGCCTCCTTGTTCTTCAGCAGGTTGGGGACTACTGCTTCCTCCCTGGCCTGGGACCTGGCTCCCTCTCACCACACAGTAAGCCACCCTCTCCAAGTCTGTGTTCTGAGACTGAGGACCTAGTCCAGGACTTGTCTGTCAAAAAGTTTCCCTATCAGCCCATGCCCCAGGCGCCAGCCATTCAGTTTTTCAAGTCCCTAAAGCATCAGGACTACCTGTCCCTGCCCCCTTGGGACAATAGCCAGTCTGGGAAGGTGTGCTGANucleic acid sequence of EVIR-C1 SEQ ID NO: 72:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTACTCCATGCCAAAAGACTGCTGTAAGAGCCTTTGGGGCTGGACTCCTGCCCCCCCTGTATTCTCTAGTGTTCATCATTGGAGTGGTGGGCAATGTCCTAGTGATTCTGGTGCTCATGCAGCATAGGAGGCTTCAAAGCATGACCAGCATCTACCTGTTCAACCTGGCTGTCTCTGATCTGGTCTTCCTTTTCACTTTACCTTTCTGGATTGACTACAAGTTGAAAGACGACTGGATTTTTGGTGATGCCATGTGCAAGCTTCTCTCTGGGTTTTATTACCTGGGTTTATACAGTGAGATCTTCTTTATCATCCTGTTGACGATTGACAGATACCTGGCCATTGTCCATGCTGTGTTTGCCCTGAGGGCCCGAACTGTTACTTTTGGCATCATCACCAGTATTATCACCTGGGCCCTAGCCATCTTAGCTTCCATGCCTGCCTTATACTTTTTTAAGGCCCAGTGGGAGTTCACTCACCGTACCTGTAGCCCTCATTTCCCCTACAAGAGCCTGAAGCAGTGGAAGAGGTTTCAAGCTCTAAAGCTAAACCTTCTTGGACTAATTTTGCCTCTGTTAGTCATGATAATCTGCTATGCAGGGATCATCAGAATTCTGCTCAGAAGACCCAGTGAGAAGAAGGTCAAAGCCGTGCGTCTGATATTTGCTATTACTCTTCTATTCTTCCTCCTCTGGACCCCCTACAATCTGAGTGTATTTGTTTCTGCTTTCCAAGATGTTCTATTCACCAATCAGTGTGAGCAGAGTAAGCAACTGGACCTGGCCATGCAGGTGACTGAGGTGATTGCCTACACCCACTGTTGTGTCAACCCAATCATTTATGTTTTTGTGGGTGAACGGTTCTGGAAGTACCTTCGGCAGCTGTTTCAAAGGCATGTGGCTATACCACTGGCAAAATGGCTGCCCTTCCTCTCTGTGGACCAACTAGAAAGGACCAGTTCTATATCTCCATCCACAGGAGAACATGAGCTCTCTGCTGGCTTC TGANucleic acid sequence of EVIR-C5 SEQ ID NO: 73:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTATGTCAGCACCCTGCCAAAAAATCAATGTGAAACAAATTGCGGCTCAGCTCCTGCCCCCACTCTACTCCCTGGTATTCATCTTTGGTTTTGTGGGTAACATGATGGTCTTCCTCATCTTGATAAGCTGCAAAAAGCTGAAGAGCGTGACTGATATCTACCTGCTCAACCTGGCCATCTCTGACCTGCTCTTCCTGCTCACACTACCATTCTGGGCTCACTATGCTGCAAATGAGTGGGTCTTTGGGAACATAATGTGTAAAGTATTCACAGGGCTCTATCACATTGGTTATTTTGGTGGAATCTTCTTCATTATCCTCCTGACAATTGATAGGTACTTGGCTATTGTCCATGCTGTGTTTGCTTTAAAAGTCAGAACGGTCAACTTTGGGGTGATAACAAGTGTAGTCACTTGGGCGGTGGCTGTGTTTGCCTCTCTCCCAGAAATAATCTTTACCAGATCTCAGAAAGAAGGTTTTCATTATACATGCAGTCCTCATTTTCCACACACTCAGTATCATTTCTGGAAGAGTTTCCAAACATTAAAGATGGTCATCTTGAGCCTGATCCTGCCTCTACTTGTCATGGTCATCTGCTACTCAGGAATTCTCCACACCCTGTTTCGCTGTAGGAATGAGAAGAAGAGGCACAGGGCTGTGAGGCTCATCTTTGCCATCATGATTGTCTACTTTCTCTTCTGGACTCCCTACAACATTGTCCTCCTCCTGACCACCTTCCAGGAATTCTTTGGACTGAATAACTGCAGTAGTTCTAATAGACTAGACCAGGCCATGCAGGCAACAGAGACTCTTGGAATGACACACTGCTGCCTAAACCCTGTCATCTATGCCTTTGTTGGAGAGAAGTTCCGGAGTTATCTCTCAGTGTTCTTCCGAAAACACATTGTCAAACGCTTTTGCAAACGGTGTTCAATTTTCCAGCAAGACAATCCTGATCGTGCAAGCTCAGTCTATACCCGATCCACAGGAGAACATGAAGTTTCTACTGGTTTATGA Nucleic acid sequence of EVIR-CX SEQ ID NO: 74:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGGTTCCGGGATGAAAACGTCCATTTCAATAGGATCTTCCTGCCCACCATCTACTTCATCATCTTCTTGACTGGCATAGTCGGCAATGGATTGGTGATCCTGGTCATGGGTTACCAGAAGAAGCTAAGGAGCATGACGGACAAGTACCGGCTGCACCTGTCAGTGGCTGACCTCCTCTTTGTCATCACACTCCCCTTCTGGGCAGTTGATGCCATGGCTGACTGGTACTTTGGGAAATTTTTGTGTAAGGCTGTCCATATCATCTACACTGTCAACCTCTACAGCAGCGTTCTCATCCTGGCCTTCATCAGCCTGGACCGGTACCTCGCTATTGTCCACGCCACCAACAGTCAGAGGCCAAGGAAACTGCTGGCTGAAAAGGCAGTCTATGTGGGCGTCTGGATCCCAGCCCTCCTCCTGACTATACCTGACTTCATCTTTGCCGACGTCAGCCAGGGGGACATCAGTCAGGGGGATGACAGGTACATCTGTGACCGCCTTTACCCCGATAGCCTGTGGATGGTGGTGTTTCAATTCCAGCATATAATGGTGGGTCTCGTCCTGCCCGGCATCGTCATCCTCTCCTGTTACTGCATCATCATCTCTAAGCTGTCACACTCCAAGGGCCACCAGAAGCGCAAGGCCCTCAAGACGACAGTCATCCTCATCCTAGCTTTCTTTGCCTGCTGGCTGCCATATTATGTGGGGATCAGCATCGACTCCTTCATCCTTTTGGGGGTCATCAAGCAAGGATGTGACTTCGAGAGCATCGTGCACAAGTGGATCTCCATCACAGAGGCCCTCGCCTTCTTCCACTGTTGCCTGAACCCCATCCTCTATGCCTTCCTCGGGGCCAAGTTCAAAAGCTCTGCCCAGCATGCACTCAACTCCATGAGCAGAGGCTCCAGCCTCAAGATCCTTTCCAAAGGAAAGCGGGGTGGACACTCTTCCGTCTCCACGGAGTCAGAATCCTCCAGTTTTCACTCCAGCTAANucleic acid sequence of EVIR-S SEQ ID NO: 75:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGGATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGCACCGGTATTGCCACCACTGACCCTACTGCCCCAGGTACAGGAGGGACAGCTGTTGGGATGCTGAGCACAGACTCTGCCACACAGTGGAGTCTAACCTCAGTAGAGACCGTCCAACCAGCATCCACAGAGGTAGAGACCTCGCAGCCAGCACCCATGGAGGCAGAGACCTCGCAGCCAGCACCCATGGAGGCAGAGACCTCGCAGCCAGCACCCATGGAGGCAGACACCTCAAAGCCAGCACCCACGGAGGCAGAGACCTCAAAGCCAGCACCCACGGAGGCAGAGACCTCTCAGCCAGCACCCAACGAGGCAGAGACCTCAAAACCAGCACCCACGGAGGCAGAGACCTCAAAACCAGCACCCACGGAGGCAGAGACCACCCAGCTTCCCAGGATTCAGGCTGTAAAAACTCTGTTTACAACGTCTGCAGCCACCGAAGTCCCTTCCACAGAACCTACCACCATGGAGACGGCGTCCACAGAGTCTAACGAGTCTACCATCTTCCTTGGGCCATCCGTGACTCACTTACCTGACAGCGGCCTGAAGAAAGGGCTGATTGTGACCCCTGGGAATTCACCTGCCCCAACCCTGCCAGGGAGTTCAGATCTCATCCCGGTGAAGCAATGTCTGCTGATTATCCTCATCTTGGCTTCTCTGGCCACCATCTTCCTCGTGTGCACAGTGGTGCTGGCGGTCCGTCTGTCCCGTAAGACCCACATGTACCCAGTGCGGAACTACTCCCCCACGGAGATGATCTGCATCTCGTCCCTGCTACCTGAGGGGGGAGACGGGGCCCCTGTCACAGCCAATGGGGGCCTGCCCAAGGTCCAGGACCTGAAGACAGAGCCCAGTGGGGACCGGGATGGGGACGACCTCACCCTGCACAGCTTCCTCCCTTAGNucleic acid sequence of anti-HER2 scPv Trastuzumab SEQ ID NO: 76:GATATTCAGATGACCCAGTCCCCCAGCTCCCTGTCAGCAAGCGTGGGCGACCGAGTCACTATCACCTGCCGAGCTAGCCAGGATGTGAACACCGCAGTCGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCAGGGAAAGCACCCAAGCTGCTCATCTACTCCGCCTCTTTCCTGTATTCAGGAGTGCCAAGCAGGTTTAGTGGCTCAAGAAGCGGAACTGACTTCACACTGACTATCTCTAGTCTCCAGCCCGAGGATTTTGCAACCTACTATTGCCAGCAGCACTATACCACACCCCCTACCTTCGGTCAGGGCACAAAAGTGGAAATTAAGCGGACCGGCTCCACATCTGGAAGTGGGAAGCCCGGTTCCGGCGAGGGATCTGAAGTGCAGCTGGTCGAGTCCGGAGGAGGACTCGTGCAGCCTGGTGGCAGTCTGAGGCTCTCATGTGCCGCTAGCGGCTTCAACATCAAAGACACATACATTCATTGGGTGCGCCAGGCTCCTGGGAAGGGTCTGGAATGGGTCGCACGAATCTATCCAACTAATGGGTACACCCGATATGCTGACTCTGTGAAAGGCAGGTTCACAATTTCCGCCGATACATCTAAGAACACTGCTTACCTGCAGATGAATAGTCTCAGAGCTGAGGATACTGCAGTCTACTATTGTAGCCGGTGGGGAGGGGATGGCTTCTATGCTATGGATGTCTGGGGGCAGGGGACTCTGGTGACTGTCTCAAGTGGTACCGGTACGCGTGNucleic acid sequence of anti-HER2 scPv Pertuzumab SEQ ID NO: 77:GATATTCAGATGACCCAGAGCCCAAGCTCCCTGTCAGCTAGCGTGGGCGACCGAGTCACCATCACATGCAAAGCCAGTCAGGATGTGTCAATTGGCGTCGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGAAAAGCTCCTAAGCTGCTCATCTATTCCGCATCTTACAGGTACACAGGCGTGCCCTCTCGCTTCAGTGGTTCAGGCAGCGGAACTGACTTTACTCTGACCATTTCTAGTCTCCAGCCTGAGGATTTCGCAACCTACTATTGTCAGCAGTACTATATCTACCCATATACCTTTGGGCAGGGTACAAAAGTGGAAATTAAGAGAACAGTCGCAGCTCCAGGAGGAGGAGGTAGCGGAGGAGGGGGTTCCGGCGGAGGGGGTTCTGGCGGAGGGGGTAGTGAGGTGCAGCTGGTCGAAAGCGGAGGAGGACTCGTGCAGCCTGGTGGCAGCCTGAGACTCTCCTGCGCAGCCTCTGGCTTCACCTTCACCGACTACACCATGGATTGGGTGCGGCAGGCACCAGGAAAGGGACTGGAGTGGGTGGCAGACGTCAACCCCAATTCCGGAGGGTCTATCTACAACCAGAGGTTCAAAGGAAGGTTCACCCTGAGTGTGGATCGATCAAAGAACACCCTGTATCTCCAGATGAATTCCCTGAGGGCCGAAGATACAGCCGTCTATTATTGTGCAAGAAACCTGGGTCCATCATTTTATTTTGACTATTGGNucleic acid sequence of anti-HER2 scFv FRP5 SEQ ID NO: 78:CAGGTCCAGCTCCAGCAGTCAGGTCCAGAACTCAAGAAGCCAGGGGAAACAGTCAAAATCTCATGTAAAGCCTCAGGATACCCATTCACTAACTATGGGATGAATTGGGTGAAGCAGGCACCTGGCCAGGGACTGAAATGGATGGGTTGGATCAACACTAGCACCGGGGAGTCCACATTCGCCGACGATTTTAAGGGCCGGTTCGACTTTTCTCTCGAAACCAGTGCAAATACAGCCTATCTGCAGATTAACAATCTCAAATCCGAGGATATGGCCACCTACTTCTGCGCTCGCTGGGAAGTGTACCACGGATATGTCCCATACTGGGGGCAGGGTACCACAGTGACAGTCAGCTCCGGAGGAGGAGGTTCAGGAGGAGGAGGTAGCGGAGGAGGAGGTTCCGACATCCAGCTGACACAGTCTCATAAGTTTCTCTCCACTTCTGTGGGCGACAGGGTCTCTATTACCTGTAAAGCTAGTCAGGATGTGTATAACGCCGTCGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCCAGAGCCCTAAACTGCTCATCTATAGCGCCTCTAGTAGGTACACTGGAGTGCCAAGCAGATTCACCGGCAGTGGATCAGGGCCCGACTTCACCTTCACCATTTCAAGCGTGCAGGCTGAGGATCTGGCAGTCTACTTTTGCCAGCAGCATTTTCGCACCCCTTTCACCTTTGGAAGCGGGACTAAACTGGAGATTAAGAGGAAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from dLNGFR SEQ ID NO: 79:LLGVSLGGAKEACPTGLYTHSGECCKACNLGEGVAQPCGANQTVCEPCLDSVTFSDVVSATEPCKPCTECVGLQSMSAPCVEADDAVCRCAYGYYQDETTGRCEACRVCEAGSGLVFSCQDKQNTVCEECPDGTYSDEANHVDPCLPCTVCEDTERQLRECTRWADAECEEIPGRWITRSTPPEGSDSTAPSTQEPEAPPEQDLIASTVAGVVTTVMGSSQPVVTRGTTDNAmino acid sequence of a transmembrane domain derived from dLNGFRSEQ ID NO: 80: LIPVYCSILAAVVVGLVAYIAFAmino acid sequence of an intracellular domain derived from dLNGFRSEQ ID NO: 81: KRWNRGILAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from FcγRIIIA SEQ ID NO: 82:HENSELLIPKATHNDSGSYFCRGLIGHNNKSSASFRISLGDPGSPSMFPPAmino acid sequence of a transmembrane domain derived from FcγRIIIASEQ ID NO: 83: WHQITFCLLIGLLFAIDTVLYFAmino acid sequence of an intracellular domain derived from FcγRIIIASEQ ID NO: 84: SVRRGLQSPVADYEEPKIQWSKEPQDKTRVDAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from FLT3 SEQ ID NO: 85:PGPFPFIQDNAmino acid sequence of a transmembrane domain derived from FLT3SEQ ID NO: 86: ISFYATIGLCLPFIVVLIVLICAmino acid sequence of an intracellular domain derived from FLT3SEQ ID NO: 87:HKYKKQFRYESQLQMIQVTGPLDNEYFYVDFRDYEYDLKWEFPRENLEFGKVLGSGAFGRVMNATAYGISKTGVSIQVAVKMLKEKADSCEKEALMSELKMMTHLGHHDNIVNLLGACTLSGPVYLIFEYCCYGDLLNYLRSKREKFHRTWTEIFKEHNFSFYPTFQAHSNSSMPGSREVQLHPPLDQLSGFNGNLIHSEDEIEYENQKRLAEEEEEDLNVLTFEDLLCFAYQVAKGMEFLEFKSCVHRDLAARNVLVTHGKVVKICDFGLARDILSDSSYVVRGNARLPVKWMAPESLFEGIYTIKSDVWSYGILLWEIFSLGVNPYPGIPVDANFYKLIQSGFKMEQPFYATEGIYFVMQSCWAFDSRKRPSFPNLTSFLGCQLAEAEEAMYQNMGGNVPEHPSIYQNRRPLSREAGSEPPSPQAQVKIHGERSAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from TLR4 SEQ ID NO: 88:QLYSLSTLDCSFNRIETSKGILQHFPKSLAFFNLTNNSVACICEHQKFLQWVKEQKQFLVNVEQMTCATPVEMNTSLVLDFNNSTCYMYKTIISVSVVSAmino acid sequence of a transmembrane domain derived from TLR4SEQ ID NO: 89: VIVVSTVAFLIYHFYFHLILIAmino acid sequence of an intracellular domain derived from TLR4SEQ ID NO: 90:AGCKKYSRGESIYDAFVIYSSQNEDWVRNELVKNLEEGVPRFHLCLHYRDFIPGVAIAANIIQEGFHKSRKVIVVVSRHFIQSRWCIFEYEIAQTWQFLSSRSGIIFIVLEKVEKSLLRQQVELYRLLSRNTYLEWEDNPLGRHIFWRRLKNALLDGKASNPEQTAEEEQETATWTAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from CCR2 SEQ ID NO: 91:MEDNNMLPQFIHGILSTSHSLFTRSIQELDEGATTPYDYDDGEPCHKTSVKQIGAAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from ITGB2 SEQ ID NO: 92:NARLVECSGRGHCQCNRCICDEGYQPPMCEDCPSCGSHCRDNHTSCAECLKFDKGPFEKNCSVQCAGMTLQTIPLKKKPCKERDSEGCWITYTLQQKDGRNIYNIHVEDSLECVKGPNAmino acid sequence of a transmembrane domain derived from ITGB2SEQ ID NO: 93: VAAIVGGTVVGVVLIGVLLLVIWAmino acid sequence of an intracellular domain derived from ITGB2SEQ ID NO: 94: KALTHLTDLREYRRFEKEKLKSQWNNDNPLFKSATTTVMNPKFAESAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from CSF2RB SEQ ID NO: 95:TQKMAYSFIEHTFQVQYKKKSDSWEDSKTENLDRAHSMDLSQLEPDTSYCARVRVKPISNYDGIWSKWSEEYTWKTDWAmino acid sequence of a transmembrane domain derived from CSF2RBSEQ ID NO: 96: VMPTLWIVLILVFLILTLLLILAmino acid sequence of an intracellular domain derived from CSF2RBSEQ ID NO: 97:RFGCVSVYRTYRKWKEKIPNPSKSLLFQDGGKGLWPPGSMAAFATKNPALQGPQSRLLAEQQGESYAHLEDNNVSPLTIEDPNIIRVPPSGPDTTPAASSESTEQLPNVQVEGPTPNRPRKQLPSFDFNGPYLGPPQSHSLPDLPDQLGSPQVGGSLKPALPGSLEYMCLPPGGQAQLVPLSQVMGQGQAMDVQCGSSLETSGSPSVEPKENPPVELSMEEQEARDNPVTLPISSGGPEGSMMASDYVTPGDPVLTLPTGPLSTSLGPSLGLPSAQSPRLCLKLPRVPSGSPALGPPGFEDYVELPPSVSQAAKSPPGHPAPPVASSPTVIPGEPREEVGPASPHPEGLLVLQQVGDYCFLPGLGPGSLSPHSKPPSPSLCSETEDLVQDLSVKKFPYQPMPQAPAIQFFKSLKHQDYLSLPPWDNSQSGKVCAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from CCR1 SEQ ID NO: 98:TPCQKTAVRAFGA Amino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from CCR5SEQ ID NO: 99: MSAPCQKINVKQIAAAmino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from CXCR4 SEQ ID NO: 100:FRDENVHFNR Amino acid sequence of hinge domain derived from SELPLGSEQ ID NO: 101:IATTDPTAPGTGGTAVGMLSTDSATQWSLTSVETVQPASTEVETSQPAPMEAETSQPAPMEAETSQPAPMEADTSKPAPTEAETSKPAPTEAETSQPAPNEAETSKPAPTEAETSKPAPTEAETTQLPRIQAVKTLFTTSAATEVPSTEPTTMETASTESNESTIFLGPSVTHLPDSGLKKGLIVTPGNSPAPTLPGSSDLIPV KQCAmino acid sequence of a transmembrane domain derived from SELPLGSEQ ID NO: 102: LLIILILASLATIFLVCTVVLAmino acid sequence of an intracellular domain derived from SELPLGSEQ ID NO: 103:AVRLSRKTHMYPVRNYSPTEMICISSLLPEGGDGAPVTANGGLPKVQDLKTEPSGDRDGDDLTLHSFL PAmino acid sequence of peptide that facilitates DNA engineeringSEQ ID NO: 104: TGNucleic acid sequence of IgK domain (for FRP5 and trastuzumab)SEQ ID NO: 105:ATGGATTTTCAGGTGCAGATTTTCTCTTTCCTCCTCATTTCCGCCTCAGTGATTATGTCAAGGGGGNucleic acid sequence of IgK domain (for pertuzumab) SEQ ID NO: 106:ATGGATTTTCAGGTGCAGATTTTCTCCTTTCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTGATTATGTCTCGGGGGNucleic acid sequence of a peptide that facilitates DNA engineeringSEQ ID NO: 107: ACCGGTNucleic acid sequence of a peptide that facilitates DNA engineeringSEQ ID NO: 108: ACCGGG Nucleic acid sequence of IgK domain (for EVIR-N1)SEQ ID NO: 109:ATGGACTTCCAGGTGCAGATCTTCAGCTTCCTGCTGATCTCCGCCAGCGTGATCATGAGCAGAGGCNucleic acid sequence of IgK domain (for EVIR-N2) SEQ ID NO: 110:ATGGATTTTCAGGTGCAGATCTTCAGCTTCCTGCTGATCTCCGCCAGCGTGATCATGAGCAGAGGCNucleic acid sequence of anti-TYRP1 scFv TA99 SEQ ID NO: 111:GACATCCAGATGAGCCAGAGCCCTGCCAGCCTGTCTGCCTCTGTGGGCGAGACAGTGACCATCACCTGTAGAGCCAGCGGCAACATCTACAACTACCTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCAGGGCAAGAGCCCCCATCTGCTGGTGTACGACGCCAAGACACTGGCCGACGGCGTGCCCTCTAGATTCTCTGGCAGCGGCTCCGGCACCCAGTACAGCCTGAAGATCAGCTCCCTGCAGACCGAGGACTCCGGCAACTACTACTGCCAGCACTTCTGGTCCCTGCCCTTCACCTTCGGCAGCGGCACCAAGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGCGGCGGAGGCTCTGGCGGAGGCGGATCTGGGGGCGGAGGAAGTGGCGGGGGAGGATCTGAAGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCGCTGAGCTCGTGCGACCTGGCGCTCTCGTGAAGCTGAGCTGCAAGACCAGCGGCTTCAATATCAAGGACTACTTCCTGCACTGGGTGCGACAGAGGCCTGACCAGGGCCTGGAATGGATCGGCTGGATCAACCCCGACAACGGCAACACCGTGTACGACCCTAAGTTCCAGGGCACCGCCAGCCTGACAGCCGACACAAGCTCCAACACAGTGTACCTGCAGCTGAGCGGCCTGACCTCCGAGGATACCGCCGTGTACTTCTGCACCAGAAGAGACTACACCTACGAGAAGGCCGCCCTGGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACAACCGTGACCGTGTCCNucleic acid sequence of anti-GD2 scFv 14G2a SEQ ID NO: 112:GAAGTTCAGCTGCTGCAGAGCGGACCCGAACTGGAAAAACCTGGCGCCTCCGTGATGATCAGCTGCAAGGCCTCTGGCAGCTCCTTCACCGGCTACAACATGAACTGGGTCCGACAGAACATCGGCAAGAGCCTGGAATGGATCGGCGCCATCGATCCTTACTACGGCGGCACCAGCTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAGGGCAGAGCCACACTGACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGCAGCACAGCCTACATGCATCTGAAGTCCCTGACCAGCGAGGACAGCGCCGTGTACTACTGTGTGTCCGGCATGGAATACTGGGGCCAGGGCACAAGCGTGACAGTCTCTTCTGGCGGCGGTGGATCTGGCGGAGGCGGAAGTGGTGGCGGCGGATCTGATGTGGTCATGACACAGACCCCTCTGAGCCTGCCTGTGTCTCTGGGAGATCAGGCCAGCATCAGCTGTAGAAGCAGCCAGAGCCTGGTGCACAGAAACGGCAACACCTACCTGCACTGGTATCTGCAGAAGCCCGGCCAGTCTCCTAAGCTGCTGATCCACAAGGTGTCCAACAGATTCAGCGGCGTGCCCGACAGATTCTCTGGCTCTGGAAGCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGAAGATTAGCAGAGTGGAAGCCGAGGACCTGGGCGTGTACTTCTGTAGCCAGAGCACACACGTGCCACCTCTGACATTTGGCGCTGGCACCAAGCTGGAACTGAmino acid sequence of TA99-based anti-TYRP1 scFv SEQ ID NO: 113:DIQMSQSPASLSASVGETVTITCRASGNIYNYLAWYQQKQGKSPHLLVYDAKTLADGVPSRFSGSGSGTQYSLKISSLQTEDSGNYYCQHFWSLPFTFGSGTKLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGAELVRPGALVKLSCKTSGFNIKDYFLHWVRQRPDQGLEWIGWINPDNGNTVYDPKFQGTASLTADTSSNTVYLQLSGLTSEDTAVYFCTRRDYTYEKAALDYWGQGTTVTVSAmino acid sequence of 14G2a-based anti-GD2 scFv SEQ ID NO: 114:EVQLLQSGPELEKPGASVMISCKASGSSFTGYNMNWVRQNIGKSLEWIGAIDPYYGGTSYNQKFKGRATLTVDKSSSTAYMHLKSLTSEDSAVYYCVSGMEYWGQGTSVTVSSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSDVVMTQTPLSLPVSLGDQASISCRSSQSLVHRNGNTYLHWYLQKPGQSPKLLIHKVSNRFSGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDLGVYFCSQSTHVPPLTFGAGTKLELNucleic acid sequence of Cxcl9_Fw_XmaISEQ ID NO: 115: AAAAACCCGGGTCACTCCAACACAGTGACTCNucleic acid sequence of Cxcl9_Rv_SalI/NheISEQ ID NO: 116: AAAAAGTCGACGCTAGCCAGGGTGCTTGTTGGTAAAGTNucleic acid sequence of Cxcl9 SEQ ID NO: 117:tcactccaacacagtgactcaatagaactcagctctgccatgaagtccgctgttcttttcctcttgggcatcatcttcctggagcagtgtggagttcgaggaaccctagtgataaggaatgcacgatgctcctgcatcagcaccagccgaggcacgatccactacaaatccctcaaagacctcaaacagtttgccccaagccccaattgcaacaaaactgaaatcattgctacactgaagaacggagatcaaacctgcctagatccggactcggcaaatgtgaagaagctgatgaaagaatgggaaaagaagatcagccaaaagaaaaagcaaaagagggggaaaaaacatcaaaagaacatgaaaaacagaaaacccaaaacaccccaaagtcgtcgtcgttcaaggaagactacataagagaccattactttaccaacaagcaccctgNucleic acid sequence of GM-CSF_Fw_XmaISEQ ID NO: 118: AAAAACCCGGGCAGAGAGAAAGGCTAAGGTCCNucleic acid sequence of GM-CSF_Rv_SalI/NheISEQ ID NO: 119: AAAAAGTCGACGCTAGCAGTCTGAGAAGCTGGATTNucleic acid sequence of GM-CSF SEQ ID NO: 120:CAGAGAGAAAGGCTAAGGTCCTGAGGAGGATGTGGCTGCAGAATTTACTTTTCCTGGGCATTGTGGTCTACAGCCTCTCAGCACCCACCCGCTCACCCATCACTGTCACCCGGCCTTGGAAGCATGTAGAGGCCATCAAAGAAGCCCTGAACCTCCTGGATGACATGCCTGTCACGTTGAATGAAGAGGTAGAAGTCGTCTCTAACGAGTTCTCCTTCAAGAAGCTAACATGTGTGCAGACCCGCCTGAAGATATTCGAGCAGGGTCTACGGGGCAATTTCACCAAACTCAAGGGCGCCTTGAACATGACAGCCAGCTACTACCAGACATACTGCCCCCCAACTCCGGAAACGGACTGTGAAACACAAGTTACCACCTATGCGGATTTCATAGACAGCCTTAAAACCTTTCTGACTGATATCCCCTTTGAATGCAAAAAACCAGGCCAAAAATGAGGAAGCCCAGGCCAGCTCTGAATCCAGCTTCTCAGACT Nucleic acid sequence of IFNγ_Fw_XmaISEQ ID NO: 121: AAAAACCCGGGAGTTCTGGGCTTCTCCTCCTNucleic acid sequence of IFNγ_Rv_SalI/NheISEQ ID NO: 122: AAAAAGTCGACGCTAGCGACAATCTCTTCCCCACCCCNucleic acid sequence of IFNγ SEQ ID NO: 123:AGTTCTGGGCTTCTCCTCCTGCGGCCTAGCTCTGAGACAATGAACGCTACACACTGCATCTTGGCTTTGCAGCTCTTCCTCATGGCTGTTTCTGGCTGTTACTGCCACGGCACAGTCATTGAAAGCCTAGAAAGTCTGAATAACTATTTTAACTCAAGTGGCATAGATGTGGAAGAAAAGAGTCTCTTCTTGGATATCTGGAGGAACTGGCAAAAGGATGGTGACATGAAAATCCTGCAGAGCCAGATTATCTCTTTCTACCTCAGACTCTTTGAAGTCTTGAAAGACAATCAGGCCATCAGCAACAACATAAGCGTCATTGAATCACACCTGATTACTACCTTCTTCAGCAACAGCAAGGCGAAAAAGGATGCATTCATGAGTATTGCCAAGTTTGAGGTCAACAACCCACAGGTCCAGCGCCAAGCATTCAATGAGCTCATCCGAGTGGTCCACCAGCTGTTGCCGGAATCCAGCCTCAGGAAGCGGAAAAGGAGTCGCTGCTGATTCGGGGTGGGGAAGAGATTGTCNucleic acid sequence of LIN28_Fw_BamHISEQ ID NO: 124: AAAAAGGATCCCTTTGCCTCCGGACTTCTCTGGNucleic acid sequence of LIN28_Rv_SalISEQ ID NO: 125: AAAAAGTCGACAAAGACAGGGTGACACTGGGANucleic acid sequence of LIN28 (PstI and SmaI-mouse trophoblast cells)SEQ ID NO: 126:CTTTGCCTCCGGACTTCTCTGGGGCCAGCAGCCGCCCGACCTGGGGCCCGGGGCCACGGGCTCAGCAGACGACCATGGGCTCGGTGTCCAACCAGCAGTTTGCAGGTGGCTGCGCCAAGGCAGCGGAGAAGGCGCCAGAGGAGGCGCCGCCTGACGCGGCCCGAGCGGCAGACGAGCCGCAGCTGCTGCACGGGGCCGGCATCTGTAAGTGGTTCAACGTGCGCATGGGGTTCGGCTTCCTGTCTATGACCGCCCGCGCTGGGGTCGCGCTCGACCCCCCGGTGGACGTCTTTGTGCACCAGAGCAAGCTGCACATGGAAGGGTTCCGAAGCCTCAAGGAGGGTGAGGCGGTGGAGTTCACCTTTAAGAAGTCTGCCAAGGGTCTGGAATCCATCCGTGTCACTGGCCCTGGTGGTGTGTTCTGTATTGGAAGTGAGCGGCGGCCAAAGGGGAAGAACATGCAGAAGCGAAGATCCAAAGGAGACAGGTGCTACAACTGCGGTGGGCTAGACCATCATGCCAAGGAATGCAAGCTGCCACCCCAGCCCAAGAAGTGCCACTTTTGCCAAAGCATCAACCATATGGTGGCCTCGTGTCCACTGAAGGCCCAGCAGGGCCCCAGTTCTCAGGGAAAGCCTGCCTACTTCCGGGAGGAAGAGGAAGAGATCCACAGCCCTGCCCTGCTCCCAGAAGCCCAGAATTGAGGCCCAGGAGTCAGGGTTATTCTTTGGCTAATGGGGAGTTTAAGGAAAGAGGCATCAATCTGCAGAGTGGAGAAAGTGGGGGTAAGGGTGGGTTGCGTGGGTAGCTTGCACTGCCGTGTCTCAGGCCGGGGTTCCCAGTGTCACCCTGTCTTTNucleic acid sequence of CD40 (GeneArt CD40 Blunt sites (SmaI-AgeI-blunted) in AfeI/NheI-blunted bidirectional) SEQ ID NO: 127:GCCACCATGGTCTCTCTCCCTCGGCTGTGTGCTCTGTGGGGTTGTCTGCTCACCGCTGTGCATCTCGGCCAGTGTGTGACTTGTTCTGATAAACAGTACCTGCATGACGGGCAGTGCTGTGATCTGTGCCAGCCCGGTTCTAGGCTCACCAGTCATTGTACAGCCCTGGAGAAGACTCAGTGCCACCCTTGTGACTCAGGGGAGTTCAGCGCTCAGTGGAACCGAGAAATTAGGTGCCACCAGCATAGACACTGTGAGCCTAATCAGGGGCTGCGGGTGAAGAAAGAGGGTACCGCAGAAAGTGACACTGTCTGCACCTGTAAGGAGGGCCAGCATTGCACCTCAAAAGATTGCGAAGCTTGTGCACAGCACACACCTTGTATCCCAGGCTTCGGAGTGATGGAGATGGCTACTGAAACCACAGACACCGTGTGCCACCCATGTCCCGTCGGATTCTTTTCTAACCAGAGCTCCCTCTTTGAGAAGTGCTATCCATGGACAAGCTGTGAGGATAAGAACCTGGAAGTGCTCCAGAAAGGCACATCCCAGACTAATGTCATTTGCGGACTGAAATCTCGGATGCGCGCCCTGCTCGTGATCCCAGTGGTCATGGGCATCCTCATTACTATCTTCGGAGTGTTTCTGTACATTAAGAAAGTGGTCAAGAAACCCAAGGACAACGAGATCCTCCCACCTGCAGCTAGGAGACAGGACCCCCAGGAGATGGAAGATTATCCTGGACATAATACAGCAGCCCCAGTGCAGGAAACTCTGCACGGGTGTCAGCCCGTCACCCAGGAGGATGGCAAGGAAAGCAGAATCTCCGTCCAGGAAAGGCAGGTCACTGATAGCATCGCACTCCGCCCACTCGTCTGANucleic acid sequence of anti-HER2 scFv CHA21 (1) SEQ ID NO: 128:GATATTGTCCTCACACAGACTCCCAGCTCCCTGCCTGTGTCCGTCGGAGAGAAAGTGACCATGACATGCAAGTCTAGTCAGACACTGCTCTACTCTAACAATCAGAAGAACTACCTCGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTCATCTCCTGGGCTTTCACCCGGAAATCCGGGGTGCCTGACCGCTTCACAGGTAGCGGCTCCGGAACTGATTTTACTCTGACCATTGGATCTGTGAAGGCAGAGGACCTCGCCGTCTACTATTGCCAGCAGTACAGTAATTATCCATGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAGGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGTGGAGGAGGGTCCGGTGGAGGAGGGTCTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGTGGTGGAGGAGGGTCAGAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCCCCGAAGTGGTCAAAACTGGAGCTTCAGTCAAAATCAGCTGTAAGGCATCTGGGTACAGCTTCACCGGCTACTTCATCAACTGGGTGAAGAAAAATTCAGGGAAGAGCCCTGAGTGGATCGGCCACATTTCAAGCTCCTACGCCACAAGCACTTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAAAATAAGGCCGCTTTTACCGTGGACACATCTAGTTCAACCGCCTTCATGCAGCTGAACTCCCTCACATCTGAAGATAGTGCTGTGTACTATTGTGTCAGGAGCGGCAACTACGAAGAATATGCTATGGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACCTCCGTGACTGTCTCAAGC Nucleic acid sequence of IgK domain (1) SEQ ID NO: 129:ATGGATTTTCAGGTCCAGATTTTCTCCTTCCTCCTCATTTCAGCCAGCGTCATTATGTCTCGGGGGNucleic acid sequence of EVIR-N1 SEQ ID NO: 130:ATGGACTTCCAGGTGCAGATCTTCAGCTTCCTGCTGATCTCCGCCAGCGTGATCATGAGCAGAGGCGACATCCAGATGAGCCAGAGCCCTGCCAGCCTGTCTGCCTCTGTGGGCGAGACAGTGACCATCACCTGTAGAGCCAGCGGCAACATCTACAACTACCTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCAGGGCAAGAGCCCCCATCTGCTGGTGTACGACGCCAAGACACTGGCCGACGGCGTGCCCTCTAGATTCTCTGGCAGCGGCTCCGGCACCCAGTACAGCCTGAAGATCAGCTCCCTGCAGACCGAGGACTCCGGCAACTACTACTGCCAGCACTTCTGGTCCCTGCCCTTCACCTTCGGCAGCGGCACCAAGCTGGAAATCAAGAGAGGCGGCGGAGGCTCTGGCGGAGGCGGATCTGGGGGCGGAGGAAGTGGCGGGGGAGGATCTGAAGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCTGGCGCTGAGCTCGTGCGACCTGGCGCTCTCGTGAAGCTGAGCTGCAAGACCAGCGGCTTCAATATCAAGGACTACTTCCTGCACTGGGTGCGACAGAGGCCTGACCAGGGCCTGGAATGGATCGGCTGGATCAACCCCGACAACGGCAACACCGTGTACGACCCTAAGTTCCAGGGCACCGCCAGCCTGACAGCCGACACAAGCTCCAACACAGTGTACCTGCAGCTGAGCGGCCTGACCTCCGAGGATACCGCCGTGTACTTCTGCACCAGAAGAGACTACACCTACGAGAAGGCCGCCCTGGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACAACCGTGACCGTGTCCACCGGTCTTCTGGGGGTGTCCCTTGGAGGTGCCAAGGAGGCATGCCCCACAGGCCTGTACACACACAGCGGTGAGTGCTGCAAAGCCTGCAACCTGGGCGAGGGTGTGGCCCAGCCTTGTGGAGCCAACCAGACCGTGTGTGAGCCCTGCCTGGACAGCGTGACGTTCTCCGACGTGGTGAGCGCGACCGAGCCGTGCAAGCCGTGCACCGAGTGCGTGGGGCTCCAGAGCATGTCGGCGCCGTGCGTGGAGGCCGACGACGCCGTGTGCCGCTGCGCCTACGGCTACTACCAGGATGAGACGACTGGGCGCTGCGAGGCGTGCCGCGTGTGCGAGGCGGGCTCGGGCCTCGTGTTCTCCTGCCAGGACAAGCAGAACACCGTGTGCGAGGAGTGCCCCGACGGCACGTATTCCGACGAGGCCAACCACGTGGACCCGTGCCTGCCCTGCACCGTGTGCGAGGACACCGAGCGCCAGCTCCGCGAGTGCACACGCTGGGCCGACGCCGAGTGCGAGGAGATCCCTGGCCGTTGGATTACACGGTCCACACCCCCAGAGGGCTCGGACAGCACAGCCCCCAGCACCCAGGAGCCTGAGGCACCTCCAGAACAAGACCTCATAGCCAGCACGGTGGCAGGTGTGGTGACCACAGTGATGGGCAGCTCCCAGCCCGTGGTGACCCGAGGCACCACCGACAACCTCATCCCTGTCTATTGCTCCATCCTGGCTGCTGTGGTTGTGGGCCTTGTGGCCTACATAGCCTTCAAGAGGTGGAACAGGGGGATCCTCTAG Nucleic acid sequence of EVIR-N2SEQ ID NO: 131:ATGGATTTTCAGGTGCAGATCTTCAGCTTCCTGCTGATCTCCGCCAGCGTGATCATGAGCAGAGGCGAAGTTCAGCTGCTGCAGAGCGGACCCGAACTGGAAAAACCTGGCGCCTCCGTGATGATCAGCTGCAAGGCCTCTGGCAGCTCCTTCACCGGCTACAACATGAACTGGGTCCGACAGAACATCGGCAAGAGCCTGGAATGGATCGGCGCCATCGATCCTTACTACGGCGGCACCAGCTACAACCAGAAGTTCAAGGGCAGAGCCACACTGACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGCAGCACAGCCTACATGCATCTGAAGTCCCTGACCAGCGAGGACAGCGCCGTGTACTACTGTGTGTCCGGCATGGAATACTGGGGCCAGGGCACAAGCGTGACAGTCTCTTCTGGCGGCGGTGGATCTGGCGGAGGCGGAAGTGGTGGCGGCGGATCTGATGTGGTCATGACACAGACCCCTCTGAGCCTGCCTGTGTCTCTGGGAGATCAGGCCAGCATCAGCTGTAGAAGCAGCCAGAGCCTGGTGCACAGAAACGGCAACACCTACCTGCACTGGTATCTGCAGAAGCCCGGCCAGTCTCCTAAGCTGCTGATCCACAAGGTGTCCAACAGATTCAGCGGCGTGCCCGACAGATTCTCTGGCTCTGGAAGCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGAAGATTAGCAGAGTGGAAGCCGAGGACCTGGGCGTGTACTTCTGTAGCCAGAGCACACACGTGCCACCTCTGACATTTGGCGCTGGCACCAAGCTGGAACTGACCGGTCTTCTGGGGGTGTCCCTTGGAGGTGCCAAGGAGGCATGCCCCACAGGCCTGTACACACACAGCGGTGAGTGCTGCAAAGCCTGCAACCTGGGCGAGGGTGTGGCCCAGCCTTGTGGAGCCAACCAGACCGTGTGTGAGCCCTGCCTGGACAGCGTGACGTTCTCCGACGTGGTGAGCGCGACCGAGCCGTGCAAGCCGTGCACCGAGTGCGTGGGGCTCCAGAGCATGTCGGCGCCGTGCGTGGAGGCCGACGACGCCGTGTGCCGCTGCGCCTACGGCTACTACCAGGATGAGACGACTGGGCGCTGCGAGGCGTGCCGCGTGTGCGAGGCGGGCTCGGGCCTCGTGTTCTCCTGCCAGGACAAGCAGAACACCGTGTGCGAGGAGTGCCCCGACGGCACGTATTCCGACGAGGCCAACCACGTGGACCCGTGCCTGCCCTGCACCGTGTGCGAGGACACCGAGCGCCAGCTCCGCGAGTGCACACGCTGGGCCGACGCCGAGTGCGAGGAGATCCCTGGCCGTTGGATTACACGGTCCACACCCCCAGAGGGCTCGGACAGCACAGCCCCCAGCACCCAGGAGCCTGAGGCACCTCCAGAACAAGACCTCATAGCCAGCACGGTGGCAGGTGTGGTGACCACAGTGATGGGCAGCTCCCAGCCCGTGGTGACCCGAGGCACCACCGACAACCTCATCCCTGTCTATTGCTCCATCCTGGCTGCTGTGGTTGTGGGCCTTGTGGCCTACATAGCCTTCAAGAGGTGGAACAGGGGGATCCTCTAG Amino acid sequence of EVIR-N1 SEQ ID NO: 132:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGDIQMSQSPASLSASVGETVTITCRASGNIYNYLAWYQQKQGKSPHLLVYDAKTLADGVPSRFSGSGSGTQYSLKISSLQTEDSGNYYCQHFWSLPFTFGSGTKLEIKRGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSEVQLQQSGAELVRPGALVKLSCKTSGFNIKDYFLHWVRQRPDQGLEWIGWINPDNGNTVYDPKFQGTASLTADTSSNTVYLQLSGLTSEDTAVYFCTRRDYTYEKAALDYWGQGTTVTVSTGLLGVSLGGAKEACPTGLYTHSGECCKACNLGEGVAQPCGANQTVCEPCLDSVTFSDVVSATEPCKPCTECVGLQSMSAPCVEADDAVCRCAYGYYQDETTGRCEACRVCEAGSGLVFSCQDKQNTVCEECPDGTYSDEANHVDPCLPCTVCEDTERQLRECTRWADAECEEIPGRWITRSTPPEGSDSTAPSTQEPEAPPEQDLIASTVAGVVTTVMGSSQPVVTRGTTDNLIPVYCSILAAVVVGLVAYIAFKRWNRGILAmino acid sequence of EVIR-N2 SEQ ID NO: 133:MDFQVQIFSFLLISASVIMSRGEVQLLQSGPELEKPGASVMISCKASGSSFTGYNMNWVRQNIGKSLEWIGAIDPYYGGTSYNQKFKGRATLTVDKSSSTAYMHLKSLTSEDSAVYYCVSGMEYWGQGTSVTVSSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSDVVMTQTPLSLPVSLGDQASISCRSSQSLVHRNGNTYLHWYLQKPGQSPKLLIHKVSNRFSGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDLGVYFCSQSTHVPPLTFGAGTKLELTGLLGVSLGGAKEACPTGLYTHSGECCKACNLGEGVAQPCGANQTVCEPCLDSVTFSDVVSATEPCKPCTECVGLQSMSAPCVEADDAVCRCAYGYYQDETTGRCEACRVCEAGSGLVFSCQDKQNTVCEECPDGTYSDEANHVDPCLPCTVCEDTERQLRECTRWADAECEEIPGRWITRSTPPEGSDSTAPSTQEPEAPPEQDLIASTVAGVVTTVMGSSQPVVTRGTTDNLIPVYCSILAAVVVGLVAYIAFKRWNRGILNucleic acid sequence of TYRP1 FwSEQ ID NO: 134: AAAAAAACCGGTGACCTGTGTTCTGAACTCTTGCNucleic acid sequence of TYRP1 RvSEQ ID NO: 135: AAAAAAGTCGACACTGTCATCACTGGAGAGCANucleic acid sequence of the anti-B2m gRNA SEQ ID NO: 136:GGTCGTCAGCATGGCTCGCTGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGCTAGTCCGTTATCAACTTGAAAAAGTGGCACCGAGTCGGTGCTTTTTTT

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 28. A recombinant extra-cellular vesicle internalizingreceptor (EVIR) comprising: (i) an extracellular antibody domainspecific for a membrane molecule of a cancer cell; (ii) a proteinicdomain comprising at least one transmembrane and at least oneintracellular domain; and (iii) optionally, a cell membrane exportdomain increasing the export of the EVIR to the cellular membrane of anantigen-presenting cell when expressed in said cell.
 29. The EVIRaccording to claim 28, wherein the extracellular antibody domain is ascFv.
 30. The EVIR according to claim 28, wherein the extracellularantibody domain comprises a sequence of an antibody, or a fragmentthereof, specific for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2).31. The EVIR according to claim 28, wherein the extracellular antibodydomain comprises a sequence of an antibody, or a fragment thereof,specific for tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TYRP1), carcinoembryonicantigen (CEA), mesothelin, PMEL (gp100), gangliosides (GD2, GD3), ormucins.
 32. The EVIR according to claim 28, wherein the extracellularantibody domain comprises a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ IDNO: 28, SEQ ID NO: 29 and SEQ ID NO: 30 or a variant thereof.
 33. TheEVIR according to claim 31, wherein the extracellular antibody domaincomprises a sequence of an antibody, or a fragment thereof, specific fortyrosinase-related protein-1 (TYRP1) or gangliosides (GD2).
 34. The EVIRaccording to claim 33, wherein the extracellular antibody domaincomprises a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 113 and SEQ ID NO: 114.35. The EVIR according to claim 28, wherein the proteinic domain isselected from SEQ ID NO: 31, SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO: 33, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO: 35, SEQ ID NO: 36, SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID NO: 38, SEQ IDNO: 39, SEQ ID NO: 40 and SEQ ID NO: 41 or a variant thereof.
 36. TheEVIR according to claim 28, comprising a cell membrane export domaincomprising an IgK domain.
 37. The EVIR according to claim 36, comprisinga cell membrane export domain comprising an IgK domain of SEQ ID NO 42or a derivative thereof.
 38. The EVIR according to claim 28, comprisingan amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 54, SEQ ID NO: 55, SEQID NO: 56, SEQ ID NO: 57, SEQ ID NO: 58, SEQ ID NO: 59, SEQ ID NO: 60,SEQ ID NO: 61, SEQ ID NO: 62, SEQ ID NO: 63 and SEQ ID NO: 64 or avariant thereof.
 39. The EVIR according to claim 28, comprising an aminoacid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 132 and SEQ ID NO: 133 or avariant thereof.
 40. An isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding an EVIRaccording to claim
 28. 41. An isolated nucleic acid according to claim40 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 65, SEQ ID NO: 66, SEQID NO: 67, SEQ ID NO: 68, SEQ ID NO: 69, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71,SEQ ID NO: 72, SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 74 and SEQ ID NO: 75 or avariant thereof.
 42. An isolated nucleic acid according to claim 40comprising a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 130 and SEQ ID NO: 131 ora variant thereof.
 43. A vector comprising at least one nucleic acidsequence of claim
 40. 44. The vector according to claim 43 furthercomprising at least one nucleic acid encoding for a functional proteinthat promotes survival, differentiation, proliferation, activation,maturation, phagocytosis, endocytosis, antigen-processing andpresentation, T-cell recruitment in monocyte, macrophage and/ordendritic cells or a protein capable of inducing antigen presenting cell(APC) differentiation, survival, activation and/or cross-presentation orattracting and/or activating T cells.
 45. A method of inducingexpression of at least one EVIR in an antigen-presenting cell (APC) or astem/progenitor cell thereof ex vivo or in subject in need thereof,comprising the steps of: (i) ex vivo transducing said cell with a vectorencoding at least one EVIR according to claim 28 or administering avector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding said EVIR to saidsubject under suitable conditions for inducing transduction of thesubject's APCs or stem/progenitor cell thereof in vivo with said vector;and (ii) optionally inducing cell differentiation, maturation oractivation either ex vivo and\or in vivo.
 46. An isolated antigenpresenting cell (APC) or a stem or progenitor cell thereof expressing atleast one EVIR according to claim
 28. 47. An ex vivo method of preparingEVIR-expressing, TAAs-presenting cells, comprising the steps of: (i)providing at least one cancer cell or at least one cancer cell-derivedextracellular vesicle (EV) obtained from a cancer subject; (ii)providing an EVIR-expressing cell according to claim 46; (iii)contacting, ex vivo, an EVIR-expressing cell provided under (ii) withsaid at least one cancer cell or EV provided under (i); and (iv)collecting cells obtained in step (iii); wherein cells obtained under(iv) have an enhanced ability to present TAAs from said cancer subjectas compared to a cell not expressing an EVIR and treated as in (iii),once administered to said subject.
 48. A pharmaceutical compositioncomprising at least one vector encoding at least one EVIR according toclaim 28 or antigen presenting cells (APC) or stem cells or progenitorcell thereof transduced with said at least one vector and at least onepharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient thereof. 49.The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 48, wherein saidcomposition is a vaccine composition.
 50. A kit comprising at least oneEVIR according to claim 28, or at least one recombinant expressionvector comprising a nucleic acid encoding said EVIR or an antigenpresenting cell (APC) or a stem cell or progenitor cell thereofexpressing said EVIR.
 51. A method of treating a cancer, in particular acarcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, brain tumor, hematological cancer, or anypre-malignant or malignant neoplasm, said method-comprisingadministering to a subject in need of treatment: a) an effective amountof EVIR-expressing antigen presenting cells (APC) or stem cells orprogenitor cells thereof; or b) at least one recombinant vectorcomprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an EVIR according to claim28.